It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.