What are you doing?" she asked, trying to raise herself. "First, I thought I'd show you what a pity it would be if they cut off my wicked tongue.
I'm so moved to hear Celia Johnson again, so lovely.
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
We can't escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.
I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that.
Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision-making which replace the principles of instincts.