The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul.

This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.

Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.

You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things.

...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.

The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with the perfecting of that medium.

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

Il pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville.

No matter wherever you are, share your joy to make this world joyful and better.

It's great when talented people in the world, in the same business, can see your work and compliment you on what you're doing and take a strong interest in your movements in your career.

Rent Control is not a terrible movie, certainly not for the budget they had. And, again, it's such an '80s kind of thing.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!

Liberty is the breath of progress.

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself.