“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.”

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.

The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.

Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

You give because you love and cannot help giving.

Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.

I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.

Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.

If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.

There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.

To live without experiencing some shame and blushes of admiration would surely be a wretched life.

Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.

I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.

I have always admired my mother’s style. For as long as I can remember, her style has been classic, elegant and something I have related to.

Every word I write is crude and weak when it comes to conveying you how much I appreciate you.