The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers.

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

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.

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

To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.

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.

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