Charles Durning

That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting. ”

You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere. ”

I was born a character actor. ”

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening. ”

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about. ”

I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager. ”

I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade. ”

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting. ”

You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe. ”

I lack confidence as an actor. ”