Acting is in everything but the words.
By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life.
Acting can be the healthiest profession in the world, because it allows you to do things you can't do in real life. It allows you to understand more than just what life provides you.
One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.
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.
It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.
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 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 feelings.