“What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters?”

They would only drive him to even greater despair.

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage,

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

On recovering my senses

In pain is a new time born.

Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd,

I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me.

I will give you three days to seek your shadow.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

A violent scene is art, as much as a sex scene is art. For me, all the scenes were a challenge.

There can be no centre in infinity.

As I see it every day you do one of two things

We must not, in opening our schools to everyone

We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.

I’ve done a lot of independent film, which are short shoots that are usually four to six weeks, max.