The character has to have some kind of arch. The character has to go through an event, and be changed by the human event.

All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.

The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.

Play well, or play badly, but play truly.

Never allow yourself externally to portray anything that you have not inwardly experienced and which is not even interesting to you.

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

This isn't going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will be taken. But they're small prices to pay for true love and freedom, right?

Dig anywhere in the earth and you will find a treasure, only you must dig with the faith of a peasant.

Lately, I've become sort of a fatalist. Well, that was bound to happen.

And what little she allowed herself to say was said in a strained tone, in which her ingrained timidity paralysed her tendency to freedom and audacity of speech.

Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Transformation comes in a lot of different forms, but going natural really helped me love myself.

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him.

I have more energy to run after our four children. Weight loss and great skin were a bonus!