You Think You're An Artist;

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

I Am Far From Sure When I Am Acting And When I Am Not Or, Should I More Frankly Put It, When I Am Lying And When I Am Not. For What Is Acting But Lying And What Is Good Acting But Convincing Lying?

[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.

I Have To Act To Live.

Don't Be Afraid To Be Outrageous; The Critics Will Shoot You Down Anyway.