- [on Marlon Brando] He lives the life of the actor 24 hours a day. His style is the perfect marriage of intuition and intelligence. If he must learn to ride a horse for a movie, he will watch that horse like no one else has watched a horse. And when he does the scene, he will be both horse and rider.
- Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.
- Talent lies in your choice of drama coach.
- It takes three things to make it in this business: the tenacity of a bulldog, the hide of a rhinoceros and a good home to come home to.
- You must get away from the real thing because the real thing will limit your acting and cripple you. To think of your own mother's death each time you want to cry onstage is schizophrenic and sick.
- You can't be boring. Life is boring, the weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.
- Your talent is in your imagination. The rest is lice.
- Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don't want you to be stuck with your own life. It's too little.
- You cannot teach acting. You can only stimulate what's already there.
- Get a stage tone, darling, an energy. Never go on stage without your motor running.
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