It isn't difficult to leave King Lear or Macbeth, but once you have gone back to yourself, you want it to be the same self you have always been.

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.

I decided a long time ago I didn't want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I don't think it's a good idea to wave personality about like a flag and become labeled.

Oh, I suppose my wife and I will open a bottle of champagne with another couple.

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

Privacy is not negotiable.

As you get older, the more you know, so the more nervous you become. The risks are much bigger.

I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.

Enthusiasm is life.

When darkness is at its darkest, a star shines the brightest.

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart,

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

I think Mitt Romney is a symptom. I think the problem is the Republican Party.

I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me

My heart goes out to anyone who is making his first appearance before an audience of human beings.

Life is an infiltration course. We all try and get through it. We all try and get through it unscathed - maybe not hurt, not bruised. No bones broken, maybe a few hearts here and there.

If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession.

The unconscious is selective, when it learns what to listen for.