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

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

All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.

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.

The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.

All art is autobiographical - if it's not, it's not going to quicken on-stage, and it's not going to come alive.

It is through you, actors, that the forces which are understood by millions and that tell of everything that is beautiful on earth, find expression. The forces which reveal to people the happiness of living in a widened consciousness and in the joy of creative work for the whole world. You, the actors of a theatre, which is one of the centres of human culture, will never be understood by the people if you are unable to reflect the spiritual needs of your time, the now in which you are living.