Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.

The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

The love that previously dared not speak its name has now grown hoarse from screaming it.

The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

A woman's intuition is better than a man's. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good deal nearer than a man.

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

As frustrating as my time in grad school felt, it also helped tremendously because it challenged me to figure out what it was I thought I wanted.

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.

Quiet night, that brings Best to the labourer, is the outlaw's day, In which he rises early to do wrong, And when his work is ended dares not sleep.

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian

Everyone's a different person when they're younger. You evolve as a human being with knowledge and attitude and challenges and obstacles in life.