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

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

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

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

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.

In talking about a genius, you would not say that he lies; he sees realities with different eyes from ours.

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.