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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.