My father considered that anyone who went to chapel and didn't drink alcohol was not to be tolerated. I grew up in that belief. - Richard Burton

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.

You reach the top of the heap, but it's a circle, and you slip on the down side; maybe for years. You get scared. He said then he thought he was coming out of a slump.

I stayed in bed all day yesterday, for instance, while she [Elizabeth Taylor] spent the entire day until well after midnight sitting in the main room, gossiping, etc. And, of course, inevitably sipping away at the drinks... What is more frightening is that she has become bored with everything in life.