I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.
Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. . . it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself- and to do so takes AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION
The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious
no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.
The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.
Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
I’m happier than a pig eating bacon!