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.
If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
I have disassociated myself from that book.
Awards don't really mean much.
Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
Once in awhile, 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.
I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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.
Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.
They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don't know.
