There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her.

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.

Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.