87 Quotes by Frank Langella

There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn’t mean you want to die. It just means however we’re built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you’re heading towards the end, and there’s a peace that comes with that.

Revelations come when you’re in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.

You can only lead by example, and you can only say it might be better for you if. But nobody can do anything until they’re ready to do it. So you can sit down with a strong-minded young man of 24, as my son was at a point, and say now listen, this, this, this, and this.

I had to face within myself all the things I didn’t do and wasn’t while I was wearing my own crown.

When I closed in “King Lear” I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I’ve talked to who’s ever played a major, major Shakespeare role has done this.

It’s interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn’t going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting.

My body of work means nothing to me.

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, “the courage to be hated.”

There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn’t be any taboos in bed.