Quotes

That's one thing Lily (Lily Lodge, co-founder of the Actors Conservatory) always pressed home. She said she doesn't train actors, she trains artists. Unfortunately, artists who enter their art into this profession today are often very, very lonely.

I've been heavily influenced by a handful of artists. I mean really impacted. I don't think enough young artists, particularly actors, pay enough attention to Marlon Brando. The contribution of his genius is immeasurable... But there are two artists who truly stand out in their impressions upon me: Andy Goldsworthy, the environmental artist and Al Pacino. If I had a tenth of the talent of Al Pacino I'd be in heaven.

Creativity nurtures spontaneity, not the opposite.

"One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" was a significant play for me because I was very serious about cultivating my craft even then... I remember during my sophomore, junior, senior years in high school I used to sit alone in the theater office, drink coffee, and read Stanislavsky, Boleslavsky, etc... These books collected dust in the school library but I relished them.

Technique is an artist's mechanism of discovery. Art is the application of that discovery.

...Andre Agassi's coach isn't necessarily going to teach him anything new. His job isn't to teach him anything new. His job is to keep Andre stimulated enough in order for him to solve his own problems.