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An Actor Must Interpret Life, And In Order To Do So Must Be Willing To Accept All The Experiences Life Has To Offer. In Fact, He Must Seek Out More Of Life Than Life Puts At His Feet. In The Short Span Of His Lifetime, An Actor Must Learn All There Is To Know, Experience All There Is To Experience, Or Approach That State As Closely As Possible. He Must Be Superhuman In His Efforts To Store Away In The Core Of His Subconscious Everything That He Might Be Called Upon To Use In The Expression Of His Art.

I Want To Be A Texan 24 Hours A Day.

Studying Cows, Pigs And Chickens Can Help An Actor Develop His Character. There Are A Lot Of Things I Learned From Animals. One Was That They Couldn't Hiss Or Boo Me.

When An Actor Plays A Scene Exactly The Way A Director Orders, It Isn't Acting. It's Following Instructions. Anyone With The Physical Qualifications Can Do That. So The Director's Task Is Just That – To Direct, To Point The Way. Then The Actor Takes Over. And He Must Be Allowed The Space, The Freedom To Express Himself In The Role. Without That Space, An Actor Is No More Than An Unthinking Robot With A Chest-full Of Push-buttons.

Dream As If You'll Live Forever. Live As If You'll Die Today.