We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder ‘censorship,’ we call it ‘concern for commercial viability.

There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.

It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene.

The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.

The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor.