Remember: Life Is Short, Break The Rules

Take It Easy Driving– The Life You Save May Be Mine.

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.

To Grasp The Full Significance Of Life Is The Actor's Duty; To Interpret It His Problem; And To Express It His Dedication. Being An Actor Is The Loneliest Thing In The World. You Are All Alone With Your Concentration And Imagination, And That's All You Have. Being A Good Actor Isn't Easy. Being A Man Is Even Harder. I Want To Be Both Before I'm Done.

I Have Made Great Strides In My Craft. After Months Of Auditioning, I Am Very Proud To Announce That I Am A Member Of The Actors Studio. The Greatest School Of The Theater. It Houses Great People Like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred Dunnockvery Few Get Into It, And It Is Absolutely Free. It Is The Best Thing That Can Happen To An Actor. I Am One Of The Youngest To Belong. If I Can Keep This Up And Nothing Interferes With My Progress, One Of These Days I Might Be Able To Contribute Something To The World.

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.