If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies.

Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do.

Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.

I wasnt political in order to be political

Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light.

The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined.

It is not theatre that is indispensable, but something quite different. To cross the frontiers between you and me.