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

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

Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.

That's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak.

There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.

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

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.