Consistency is the death of good acting..

Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice..

Most actors make themselves unhappy by searching for their sanity, by insisting on their normalcy; it's a grave mistake..

We don't live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dr….

Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'.

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it..

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

Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential..

To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted..

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

Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isn’t necessary for you, the actor, to like yours….

Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance..

No matter how much we know about the other person, there is always something going on in that other heart and that other head that we don't know but ….

Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for everyone who asks: If you have a choice and could….

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.….

An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for i….

The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself..

Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge..

The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers..

Listening is not merely hearing, it is receiving the message that is being sent to you. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what yo….

An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants..