John Gielgud

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

In the end, we all become directors of our own lives.

The best comebacks are the ones you think of later.

Shakespeare's language is music to the soul.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures.

The stage is my university; acting, my profession.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

To be an actor is to embrace vulnerability.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose is to give it away.

Critics are like eunuchs: they know how it's done, but they can't do it themselves.

Film is truth 24 times per second.

I have no regrets; only lessons learned.

Theater is the art of the possible.

Wisdom comes with winters.

Acting with Larry Olivier was like playing tennis with a tornado.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning.

Every role teaches you something about yourself.

In the twilight of life, the past becomes the present.

Theater is where the impossible becomes possible.