And making a fool of yourself is something all actors have to risk doing. That’s part of our business. And that too is not the end of the world, though it can seem so at the time

Be a fool. For love. For yourself. What you think MIGHT possibly make you happy — even for a little while — whatever the cost or good sense might dictate.

It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Whatever you want to do, just do it. Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

All you need to do, is risk being your true self.

If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.

Leave me to my own absurdity.

Dare to be naïve.

Having chosen this foolishness, I was a free being. How could the world ever stop me, how could I betray myself, if I was not afraid?

What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slap-stick comedy, but rather in the sense of ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and the most extraordinary gestures.