Acting Is Illusion, As Much Illusion As

[on Whether He Harbored Any Resentment At His Forced Retirement From The Stage After He Was Fired By Britain's National Theater] I Should Be Soaring Away With My Head Tilted Slightly Toward The Gods, Feeding On The Caviar Of Shakespeare... An Actor Must Act.

If I Wasn't An Actor, I Think I'd Have Gone Mad. You Have To Have Extra Voltage, Some Extra Temperament To Reach Certain Heights.

In The Great Wealth, The Great Firmament Of Your Nation's Generosities This Particular Choice May Perhaps Be Found By Future Generations As A Trifle Eccentric, But The Mere Fact Of It . . . The Prodigal, Pure, Human Kindness Of It . . . Must Be Seen As A Beautiful Star In That Firmament Which Shines Upon Me At This Moment, Dazzling Me A Little, But Filling Me With Warmth Of The Extraordinary Elation, The Euphoria That Happens To So Many Of Us At The First Breath Of The Majestic Glow Of A New Tomorrow.

We Have All, At One Time Or Another, Been Performers, And Many Of Us Still Are - Politicians, Playboys, Cardinals And Kings.

You Think You're An Artist; Prove It