WHY is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary.

That which hinders your task is your task.

Acting in a scene is like paddling a canoe from a pebbly beach on to the river, the writer builds the canoe, and the actor provides the river. The river is the actor's thoughts and emotions.

Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.

You know it's all right to be wrong, but it's not all right not to try.

Find in yourself those human things which are universal.

You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time. Instead, you must take criticism objectively, pertaining it only to the work being done.