All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

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I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.