In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

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

When you're playing a character who's cruel, look for the places where he's kind. When you're playing a character who is unhappy, look for the places where he has a glint of merriment.

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

I was born an ordinary actor. I will die an ordinary actor. But I've persisted.

The theatre infects the audience with its noble ecstasy.