The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.
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.
If you really look at hip-hop dance, it's really a rites-of-passage thing. You never see the arms release down. They're always up in fighting position. It's going to war. What do we say? We say your're going to battle. You go out there and fight.
I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy.
Mary is the lily in God's garden.