If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.

Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.

Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.

Your scene precariously subsists too long,
On French translation and Italian song.
Dare to have sense yourselves; read more

Your scene precariously subsists too long,
On French translation and Italian song.
Dare to have sense yourselves; assert the stage;
Be justly warm'd with your own native rage.

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and read more

Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.