No matter how much we know about the other person, there is always something going on in that other heart and that other head that we don't know but can only ponder. And no matter how we explain ourselves to someone else, no matter how open we are, there is always still something inexplicable, something hidden and unknown in us, too.

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

We don't live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going...When you are acting, don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your character's future.

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

Take nothing for granted. Make an emotional discovery as often as you can find one in every scene. Ask yourself: What is new?

Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes.

Most actors make themselves unhappy by searching for their sanity, by insisting on their normalcy; it's a grave mistake.