It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich..

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture..

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer..

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it….

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualiti….

Legend remains victorious in spite of history..

Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselve….

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me..

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has b….

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'.

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impos….

What would life be without art? Science prolongs life. To consist of what-eating, drinking, and sleeping? What is the good of living longer if it is ….

If I have a foreign accent—which I much regret—it is cosmopolitan, but not Teutonic. I am a daughter of the great Jewish race, and my somewhat uncult….

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make t….

You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of th….

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody's castle-roof perforated..

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor..

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I loo….

The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the province ofwoman: the desire t….

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget..

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich..