When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.

In Chicago, we love our crooks!

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old.

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously.