It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.
Acting - Actors Quotes
Acting is happy agony.
Being in this business is a lot better than working in a car factory, a lot better than working in a coal mine. What’s the big deal? People who moan and bitch and complain about what they do, I just want to say, “Then leave! Get out of it! Go do something else!” I mean, […]
Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.
Essentially, I’m a small-part actor who’s been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled.
I wasn’t driven to acting by an inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
When you perform… you are out of yourself – larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly.
To respect one’s work and to do it well – to risk something in life was more important than being a star. To never sell your soul, to have self-esteem, to be true, was most important of all.
