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

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.

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.

...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

Having fun is a pretty powerful way to start any serious relationship.

You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.

Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.

I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.

Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.

Unless you connect to the text, the audience won't be able to connect with you.

We lie best when we lie to ourselves.