The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.