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

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.