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People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can’t possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.

Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

When I performed at ‘Open Mic U.K.’ I had this connection with the audience that I’d never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd… was just amazing.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

I’ve been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she’ll kill me.

Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.

I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?