Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin?

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

When you find a waiter who is a waiter and not an actor, writer, musician or poet, you've found a jewel.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.