The theatre infects the audience with its noble ecstasy.

It is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances that surround him, that the deeper sources of his subconscious gently open, and from them come feelings we cannot always analyse.

Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.

Doubt is the enemy of creativeness.

At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles

Gratuitous cruelty borders on the pathological, psychotic and that becomes uninteresting because there is no choice.

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.