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.

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

The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.

In the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This is called solitude in public... During a performance, before an audience of thousands, you can always enclose yourself in this circle, like a snail in its shell... You can carry it wherever you go.

Play well, or play badly, but play truly.

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

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.