I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

The rules are what make us better.

That's what our work can do: we remind people that things can change, that wounds can heal, that people can be forgiven, and that closed hearts can open again.

Acting is a spiritual quest to touch human beings.

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

One of the most important things I've learned about acting is that you can't separate how you live your life and how you practice your art.

It's not enough to identify the Superobjective intellectually; you have to justify it, to find the emotional drive behind it. You need your own specific interpretation of the superobjective so that every time you think of it, it makes you emotional and drives you into action.