As a born actress, she instinctively understands that the world is more than a stage-it is an audienc

Playing Shakespeare is so tiring. You never get a chance to sit down unless you're a king

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits

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

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep

There are no small parts. Only small actors

Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while your preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary

Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this kind of artistic expression is something to which the merest five-eighth can climb