The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.
Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.
Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.
Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.
Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.
If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe.
From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.
Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.
Hawaiis own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.