Hal Holbrook

“Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.”

“We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.”

“You have to have a passion for your work. You have to love it.”

“You just do the best you can with what you've got.”

“I have a lot of respect for the responsibility of being an actor, but I don't have a lot of respect for the business.”

“I believe that we are here to contribute love to the world. That's why we're here. We're not here to conquer anything.”

“I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's about being able to touch somebody's life.”

“Acting is a very personal process. It has to be. It's not just about being able to deliver lines. It's a search for the truth.”

“If you have a talent, you have a responsibility to use it.”

“When you get older, you have a much better sense of what's important.”

“I'm a character actor. I've always been a character actor.”

“I think we all have a lot of darkness in our souls. I think we're all afraid of something.”

“I learned to act by watching people.”

“I'm an actor, and I'm very proud of the professional that I am.”

“What I've always tried to do is to be as honest as I can.”