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An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

People around me never say anything. They just seem to want to hear what I have to say. That's why I do all the talking.

I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.

The Jews control Hollywood and use it to promote their own agenda.

I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.

Horror ... and moral terror ... are your friends.

Sometimes you just get the feeling that here it is 11o'clock in the morning and you're not in school.

Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.

If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease.

All I want to be is normally insane.

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

I value each woman for what she has to offer whether it be charm-beauty-wit-intelligence or humor but warmth is the quality I value most.

Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are.

I can still taste that first beer I bought with my own paycheck.

Elvis Presley had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

The most repulsive thing you could ever imagine is the inside of a camel's mouth. That and watching a girl eat octopus or squid.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.

If the expenditure of money for entertainment in America is any indication of taste, clearly the majority of us are addicted to trash.

I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life

In being a loving son, I suppose I was trying to become a loved son.

It really don't matter what you're thinking about, as long as you're thinking about something.

There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I only mean forty per cent of what I say.

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening!

Hollywood is run by Jews, it is owned by Jews ...

At Field Elementary School in Omaha, I'd been the only one in my class to flunk kindergarten; I don't remember why,

I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass.

I've always found animals easy to love because their love is unconditional. They are trusting, loyal and undemanding except in wanting love in return.

Only the one who walks his own way can't be overtaken.

Every time you get knocked down you get up stronger.

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

We don't go anywhere. Going somewhere is for squares. We just go!

I have eyes like those of a dead pig.

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

The close-up says everything.

The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.

We only have so many faces in our pockets

I don't stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic.

It's a long climb up Fools' Hill.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet ... he is very easy to work for.

What might be a brave choice for you, for another person they may simply not experience fear.

I thank you for not snoring.

Working with any actor is like working with a monkey.

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.

Acting is an empty and usless profession.

Mafia is the best example of capitalism we have.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

[...] I realize that to forgive with your mind is not always to forgive in your heart.

Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now.

Too much success can ruin you as surely as too much failure.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time.

Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.

I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass.