I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

The darkness surrounding can envelop one, but if you light only one match, you have defeated it all.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds not stones are the true monuments of the great.

We live in an age which is so possessed by demons, that soon we shall only be able to do goodness and justice in the deepest secrecy, as if it were a crime.

I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party.

The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing.

There are theoretical physicists who imagine, deduce, and guess at new laws, but do not experiment; and then there are experimental physicists who experiment, imagine, deduce, and guess.

You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you.

I don’t think there’s an option for me to fall in love slowly, or at medium speed. I either do or I don’t.

I hold the ratchet unorthodox. Pernell Whittaker, I'm duckin' all sorts of shots