Mark Twain cannot be defined.
Hal Holbrook

I like to be who I am.
Hal Holbrook

There's no good guys and bad guys.
Hal Holbrook

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
Hal Holbrook

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
Hal Holbrook

I have a suicide impulse.
Hal Holbrook

We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society.
Hal Holbrook