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

The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself.

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

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

Everyone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive.

Consistency is the death of good acting.

Competition 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. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die...Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.