In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.
如果同情心的一个极端，是这些八卦小报。另一个极端便是悲剧和悲剧艺术，我想说的是或许我们该从悲剧艺术中学习，你不会说汉姆雷特是个失败者，虽然他失败了，他却不是一个失败者。我想这就是悲剧所要告诉我们的，也是我认为非常重要的一点。
I don’t follow trends, I set them.
最好的艺术几乎是一种报道形式。
"The best leaders are those who can listen as well as they can speak."
如果中原真的能消除战乱，我们两个老头子又何妨老死在戍边之地。
我不想成为明星。我想成为一名演员。