And The 90% They Are Not Is

The Actor Has To Have Some Degree Of Craft, Along With The Talent. No One Tries To Laugh Except Bad Actors. No One Tries To Cry Except Bad Actors. How A Character Hides His Feelings Tells Us Who He Is. Most People Don't Know That, And Most Actors Don't Do That. Therefore, There Are A Lot Of Actors Who Put Me To Sleep, That Are Considered Good Actors, But They're Predictable And Boring. I Know How The Scene Is Going To End Before It Ends.

If You Don't Trust Yourself, You Won't Trust Others. You Make A Choice And See Where It Goes.

It's Ok To Be Wrong. You Learn From Your Wrongs. You Don't Learn From Being Right. If You're Right, You Already Know It. If You're Wrong, It's Because You Don't Know About It, And You Made A Mistake.

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.

An Awful Lot Of Actors Who Are Considered Very Good Actors Are Not Very Good Actors. There Are People Who Just Strike Gold, They Have Intrinsic Talent, But The Point Is That If They Did Train, It Would Not Inhibit Them. If They Were With A Good Teacher, It Would Only Broaden Them More.