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.

An actor must make his needs (goals, wants, objectives) so strong that he is willing to interfere with the other actor in order to get what he needs. Interfering means getting in their way so that what you want is stronger than what they want.

The moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.

Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.

Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors.

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

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