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.

The moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.

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

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

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.

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.