Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

If we go back to the heyday of that era I think we will see replicated again the extraordinary human damage that we as a nation have suffered from.

The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating.

(...)best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!

If you don’t make your choices, others will give you’re their choice.

Thank you leaf blowers, for making me look like the world's lamest Ghostbuster. I ain't afraid of no leaves.

M: Is he smart I: She yes very smart sees right through me M: In my day we valued blindness rather more

Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of 'The Bachelor.'

I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything that's new, as long as it's good I enjoy it.

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.

These big Internationals, they don't let you down

Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.