Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.

The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

I was born an American I live an American I shall die an American.

My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.

I mean, the last thing I want to do is be involved in politics.

And that's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build and it's not something I'm willing to live under.

Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words.

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

They say sleep is the cousin of death, guess we related... Cause I'm the most slept on, and the most hated.

In Him there is no room for non-existence or imperfection

The best revenge in the world is success.

There are things in life that I enjoyed before music, so I'm just taking advantage of those things now that I can.