God Is A Luxury I Can't Afford.

People Are In Denial All The Time, Hiding Things. If I Tell You A Racist Or Dirty Joke And You Laugh, You're Telling Me Something About Yourself, Which You Don't Want To Reveal. Accessing That Hidden Side Is What Good Acting Is All About. And There Are Only A Handful Of People In The Entire United States Who Interest Me As Actors, Who Surprise Me. Even People Who Write About It, Don't Know Anything About Good Performance. At Least When You Work At General Motors, You Know Something About Cars.

Everyone Can Walk And Talk. Your Job Is To Create Magic.

What I'm Saying Not A Lot Of People Say: What Is Considered Good Acting Today Isn't Necessarily Good Acting, Because Everybody Knows What They Are Doing. Doubt Is An Important Part Of The Human Being. Trust Has To Be Attained.

The Talented Actor Needs Craft. When You Do A Stage Play, You Do It Once Each Night In Chronological Order. In A Film You're Going To Wind Up Doing A Scene 15-20 Times, Just By The Nature Of The Process. If I Tell You A Joke Once, It's Funny. The More Times I Tell, The Less Funny It Is. How Do You Get To The Point Where You Can Laugh Again? You Also May Have To Cry Again And Again.

Bad Guys Don't Think They're Bad Guys. Hitler Probably Thought He Was A Wonderful Guy Doing Some Wonderful And Righteous Work For Germany.