The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language of Sophocles as we do in our sneakers.
The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays.
You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.