Scratch An Actor And You'll

Acting Is Illusion, As Much Illusion As Magic Is - And Not So Much A Matter Of Being Real.

Autograph-hunting Is The Most Unattractive Manifestation Of Sex-starved Curiosity.

[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.

No Matter How Well You Perform, There's Always Somebody Of Intelligent Opinion Who Thinks It's Lousy.

[may 1958, On Playing Macbeth At Age 30 And Age 48] When You're A Young Man, Macbeth Is A Character Part. When You're Older, It's A Straight Part.