Constantin Stanislavski

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.