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Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.

I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

Actors are there to represent the human condition back to itself. It's never about the actor. It's about the content. That's what I strive for in my work.

I do believe all actors are smart.

Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.