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

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.

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

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.

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

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.

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