I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.
Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes.
Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active.
Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die. . . Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.
Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.
Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.
Consistency is the death of good acting.
It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.
The chief significance of Alpha Phi Alpha lies in its purpose to stimulate, develop, and cement an intelligent, trained leadership in the unending fight for freedom, equality and fraternity. Our task is endless.
It's very complicated. There's been this broader mechanism, an industry, which wants people to use free services, from the old days of advertising-supported papers and magazines, to ad-supported free television.
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.