But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love.

Quote by Frank Langella

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I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

I'm hardly a saint.

I'm hardly a saint.

There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed.

There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed.

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work,...

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work,...

The last few years have been pretty hectic.

The last few years have been pretty hectic.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

There is no right in acting.

There is no right in acting.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a...

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a...

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed.

But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

Intelligence is enormously sexy.

Intelligence is enormously sexy.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger...

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

It's a living, breathing thing, acting.

It's a living, breathing thing, acting.