Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.

Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.

Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to any purpose.

A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.

An actors' tribute to me is in his work.

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.