Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.
Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.
"I divided myself, as it were, into two personalities. One continued as an actor, the other was an observer. Strangely enough this duality not only did not impede, it actually promoted my creative work. It encouraged and lent impetus to it." Building a Character
"Prejudices block up the soul like a cork in the neck of a bottle." Stanislavsky about requirements for actor to love even a monster-character.
"I think a lot more attention could be paid to Stanislavsky, as there is still a great deal of very messy acting." Vanessa Redgrave
"The first thing I do with a script is divide it up into beats and measures -- a measure being a sequence of beats -- to get at the fundamental rhythm of the part before plying it in rehearsals." Jack Nicholson
"You cannot act 'The system'; you can work on it at home, but when you step out onto the stage, cast it aside, there only nature is your guide." from "Building a Character"
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