Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to any purpose.

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.

Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.

A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.

An actors' tribute to me is in his work.

Serving others prepares you to lead others.

The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.

When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

I play Dr. Karen Boyer in 'Spies Like Us.' She's strong, intelligent and dedicated and just happens to be beautiful.

The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes.

It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.

I love you, and you're the measure of my wrath. Declan.

When I was a drunk, New York was the greatest place in the world. You walk everywhere, everything is open until four in the morning, and people go to New York looking for debauchery.