To play without passion is inexcusable!

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.