It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

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I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.