Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.
I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.
The only greatness for man is immortality.
Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries.
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
