Richard Burton

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning."

"The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to die."

"Acting is a state of being."

"I've always found that to be a success in anything, you have to pay the price."

"The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them, you're acting."

"I believe that the object of education is to teach a man to think, not what to think."

"Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change."

"I sometimes drink whiskey. I sometimes drink wine. I sometimes drink gin. I sometimes drink brandy."

"The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do."

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."

"You are a devil, but a very pretty devil."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is something in the order of what we know."

"I drink every day to steady my nerves. Then a few more to calm them."

"It is impossible to be born and not to exist."

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work."

"I have always admired the skill of professional criminals."

"I belong to the exaggeration school of acting."

"The main reason for becoming an actor is not the fame and money, but the ability to play a variety of characters."

"I could have been a better actor if I had not had the handicap of good looks."

"The truth is like a surgery. It is painful, but it heals."

"I don't have time for superficial relationships. I like to go deep."

"I am a romantic, but I'm not a sentimental character."

"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."

"The only real laughter comes from despair."

"I take a deep breath and count to four. That usually works for me."

"We work in the dark, we do what we can, we give what we have."

"I hate tourists. I'm not one myself, I'm a traveler."

"The tragedy is not that I have been unjust, but that the world is."

"I have one rule in life: never be too available."

"I am not a method actor. I'm much faster than that."