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?

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.

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.

Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you

The spirit and the soul sustained by grace.

As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real

Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

I hate cellphones. They are not for good, they're for evil. They're for gossip.

Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.

Everybody wants to fight me so they can be a superstar.

I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning.