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

Doubt is the enemy of creativeness.

In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way.

Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves. Find out who can tell you that truth and talk of your art only with those who can tell you the truth.

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

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.

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.