The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.

Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him.

In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of our kind of art. That requires ensemble acting and whoever mars that ensemble is committing a crime not only against his comrades but also against the very art of which he is the servant.

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.