We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights.

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.

Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth.

What is missing in our economic system is a central value that can encompass everything that can be transacted and used to assign the proper relative value to everything.

Open confession is good for the soul.

For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life if freedom fail?

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

It was too much work to remember things you might not have again, and so one by one they opened up their hands and let them go.

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

It's an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That's just rubbish, basically.

[Sometimes I] put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.

Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.