The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.

Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is more alive than Los Angeles.

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!

My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was. I mean I acted a little bit when I was young and like any kid would in a community theatre.

You can only do so much theatre.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.