1. “Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.”
2. “Have a good reason for everything you do.”
3. “Living is strife an torment, disappointment and love ad sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that one time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.”
4. “Don’t waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence – doing your best.”
5. “Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is – and not so much a matter of being real.”
6. “Don’t be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.”
7. “The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.”
8. “No matter how well you perform there’s always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it’s lousy.”
9. “Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.”
10. “Work is life for me, it is the only point of life – and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.”
11. “We used to have actresses trying to become star; now we have stars trying to become actresses.”
12. “Scratch an actor and you’ll find an actor.”
13. “Without acting, I cannot breathe.”
14. “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.”
15. “Acting is an everlasting search for truth.”
