Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it, there is the almost religious belief that service is everything.

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

I have to act to live.

Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.

I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size.

You think you're an artist; prove it

I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.

If you're an artist, you've got to prove it.

Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.

Without acting, I cannot breathe.

Acting, is not a profession for adults.

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

Acting is an illusion, as much illusion as magic is - and not so much a matter of being real.

Life is enthusiasm, zest.

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

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.