Listening is not merely hearing, it is receiving the message that is being sent to you. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is letting it land before you react. Listening is letting your reaction make a difference. Listening is active.

Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.

If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going.

An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.

An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.

The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.

Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.