The distinction between male and female will never stop existing. We are not alike, and I wouldn't want to be.

It's a terrible thing to admit, but I'm not sure I know what Women's Lib is.

I've gone on in a wheelchair. Another performance I did with no voice - and I had to apologize to the audience and whisper.

I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach for the heavens, and, doggone it, the heavens answer you.

The idea of love as a mysterious, undiscovered world has come to have no place in our innermost imagination.

It's hard being a Broadway actor going into film where you have to tone everything down. In theater, everything you're taught is to be big and broad and make everyone feel like they are right next to you, even in the last row of seats.

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.

I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life - the story behind my art - through the medium of motion pictures.