I've always been a fan of rap.
It is not theatre that is indispensable, but something quite different. To cross the frontiers between you and me.
Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do.
The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined.
Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light.
If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies.
Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and. . . you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay. . . now be Samurai.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife - freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.
To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
Civilisation is never so charming as when it is an island in the middle of simplicity, or of a civilisation of an alien kind.