no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious

All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.

To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.

Once in a while, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

Fear least have power! The power of fear lies in the power of our fears. Without the power of our fears, fear is least empowered!

To be angry implies you care

We don't steal from the rich and give to the poor. We steal from the poor because they can't fight back --most of them-- and the rich take from us because they could wipe us out in a day.

What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter’s evening.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live a physician will be made fun of but he will be well paid.

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

The need for growth, for development, for change, is fundamental to life.

Maybe it’s the other way around,” Jason suggested. “Maybe people with special gifts show up when bad things are happening because that’s when they’re needed most.

The only intelligent way to discuss politics is on all fours.

I love how Jamie Oliver makes seasonal, local foods in a rustic way, without a lot of fuss.