Art Is A Little Bit

We Used To Have Actresses Trying To Become Stars; Now We Have Stars Trying To Become Actresses.

In The Great Wealth, The Great Firmament Of Your Nation's Generosities This Particular Choice May Perhaps Be Found By Future Generations As A Trifle Eccentric, But The Mere Fact Of It . . . The Prodigal, Pure, Human Kindness Of It . . . Must Be Seen As A Beautiful Star In That Firmament Which Shines Upon Me At This Moment, Dazzling Me A Little, But Filling Me With Warmth Of The Extraordinary Elation, The Euphoria That Happens To So Many Of Us At The First Breath Of The Majestic Glow Of A New Tomorrow.

I'm Rather Bored By The Subject - Meaning Me. It's A Sort Of A Yoke, But At Times You Know, A Yoke Is A Kind Of Comfort. And It's Always There.

Of All The Things I've Done In Life, Directing A Motion Picture Is The Most Beautiful. It's The Most Exciting And The Nearest Than An Interpretive Craftsman, Such As An Actor Can Possibly Get To Being A Creator.

[on Whether He Harbored Any Resentment At His Forced Retirement From The Stage After He Was Fired By Britain's National Theater] I Should Be Soaring Away With My Head Tilted Slightly Toward The Gods, Feeding On The Caviar Of Shakespeare... An Actor Must Act.