In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part

There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea

I'm going to go out and do a little cowboyin. You know what that is? Cowboying is getting in a motor home or a van or something like that and you just let the air blow in your hair and you wind up in some little bar in Arizona someplace…. You shoot one-handed nine-ball with some 90-year-old Portuguese woman who beats the hell out of you, and the next day you wind up in a park someplace playing chess with somebody, and you go see a high school play where they're doing West Side Story

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role

Acting is an art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing