I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

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Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret...

I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret...

I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.

I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a...

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will...

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will...

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the...

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions

You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions