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

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.

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.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life- it's an exhalation of life and I think I you probably need a little touch of madness.