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The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and fee...more

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The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.

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The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need.

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The thing that makes you say, "I want to do something" - that is the beginning of talent.

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You have to understand your best. Your best isn't Barrymore's best or Olivier's best or my best, but your own. Every person has his norm. And in that ...more

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You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom.

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You should want to act only because you want to be led to something bigger in life.

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You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professional...more

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You will fail. That's great. Here's a secret for you - that's the only way you can learn. Learning has to cost you something. If you fail but learn so...more

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Be innocent, wise and ninety-five.

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You'll never really be great unless you aim high.

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No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good.