The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.

All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.

The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.

Play well, or play badly, but play truly.

Never allow yourself externally to portray anything that you have not inwardly experienced and which is not even interesting to you.

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.", 1964)

If your children know who God is they will know who they are, regardless of where you or they call home.

Your past does not define you but what does is who you are now and what your AIMING to BECOME!

Every positive attempt was as a result of encouragement, every encouragement leads to success.

Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?” he asked.“Not if I can avoid it, no.

If I had wanted to be a pawn in a game, I would have taken up chess...

I’m not going anywhere near a motel with you.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.