Lead The Audience By The Nose To

[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.

Have A Very Good Reason For Everything You Do.

I Have To Act To Live.

[may 1958, On Playing Macbeth At Age 30 And Age 48] When You're A Young Man, Macbeth Is A Character Part. When You're Older, It's A Straight Part.

What Is The Main Problem Of The Actor? It Is To Keep The Audience Awake, And Not Let Them Go To Sleep, Then Wake Up And Go Home Feeling They've Wasted Their Money.