Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living..

A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being comp….

We all come to the theater with baggage; The baggage of our daily lives, the baggage of our problems, the baggage of our tragedies, the baggage of be….

One must never comment as an actor, never show that a character is shallow or vindictive, but let that be conveyed. I mean, none of us thinks of ours….

You can't be striving to please; you must be striving to get to the heart of the matter..

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too..

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship..

On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off a UN plane on orders ….

What I didn't understand was that the personal and the political go together. I felt at the time I had to sacrifice my children's present for their f….

As a mother you have got to have a view for now and a view for the future..

The great writers like Chekhov know that tragedy and laughter are just a few steps from each other ... but it took me a long time as an actress to le….

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment ….

My dear colleagues, I thank you very very much for this tribute to my work. I think that Jane Fonda and I have done the best work of our lives, and I….

When somebody can't reveal what they're after - whether by word or by how the camera is set up, lighting, etcetera - it's like an electronic beep bee….

How can there be democracy if the leadership in the United States and Britain don't uphold the values which my father's generation fought the Nazis, ….

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success..

I've opened my mouth on a lot of subjects. And I thought the more prestige you get, I'd have the power to do what I like. It's not true..

A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that grows and happens….

What a script says that isn't dialogue is as important as the spoken word..

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water..

The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone..