It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.

It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules!

You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom.

When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all.

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

You'll never really be great unless you aim high.

The play is not in the words, it’s in you!

One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.

Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.

Your talent is in your choice.

Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.

Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.