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

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

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

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.

A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.

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.