Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

The theatre infects the audience with its noble ecstasy.

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

Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm.

The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever he is in the mood of inspiration. But the artist of the stage must be the master of his own inspiration, and must know how to call it forth at the hour announced on the posters of the theatre. This is the chief secret of our art.

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