You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.

The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.

When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.

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

You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you.

Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and a sense of loneliness inside. I never had a happy moment as a child myself.

It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

I never belonged anywhere until I met you.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

The Muslim world suffers from internal divisions, antidemocratic practices, and the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Prehistoric art came to move me much more than Greek art. Greek art has beautiful women and handsome men, but I don't care.

Learning to focus and pay attention, if only for a short time, has been identified as a primary key to the development of human effectiveness.

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers.

We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say thank you.