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 …

- Michael Shurtleff

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

- Michael Shurtleff

Consistency is the death of good acting.

- Michael Shurtleff

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

- Michael Shurtleff

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

- Michael Shurtleff

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…

- Michael Shurtleff

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

- Michael Shurtleff

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

- Michael Shurtleff

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…

- Michael Shurtleff