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Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself- and to do so takes AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION
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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.
The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious
Once in a while, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
