Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled.

One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.

Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can’t act in any of them.

You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.

I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems.

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us.

Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent.

When I first went to America in 1928, there were spittoons everywhere. I remember avoiding spit as it flew past me in Times Square. Very unattractive.

Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature.

As for biblical or religious theory, I don’t ever want to fight about the details of the story, I want to live the reality of the message.

The biggest insult to any parent is a child that lives up to society standards and not his or her full potential.

I’ll always be here if you need me, ” Mothwing told him. “I may not share your faith, but I will always help you fight for what you believe in.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

If you're asking for a date, forget it. 'Cause I make it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head!

Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed.

Whether someone else would have played Superman better or worse would be up for a lot of debate on the internet forums, I'm sure.

Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don't repeat themselves.

Life is beautiful. He who reads that As in the window of some distant, speeding train Knows what he wants, and what will befall.

Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name.