I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.