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  Harper Romano wants to know: “Why do we say the lines 250 times?” It’s very interesting that you ask that today, because Laurence Olivier gave that to Anthony Hopkins. Laurence Olivier gave that to Frank Langella whom, it’s too long a story, but who told that to ME and i’m telling it to you....

  Who cares about crying? I mean, people that can’t cry, they’re blocked up, but acting is not about crying. As I said, Stanislavski said that when the actor is crying, most often the audience isn’t. It’s not about crying, it’s about fighting!  Acting is about fighting. You fight with this [g...

  The clothes, women tend to know this more than men, that what you wear is going to dictate how you feel and that's why, often, for an important evening, one that is meaningful to you, you’ll change your clothes a few times. Costume designers, that's what they're all about. You put the cloth...

  [Gestures a few punches] Good. Okay, so all of the guideposts, what i’m saying to you is don't go: [robotic voice] “Yes, guidepost 5 is opposite. Yes. Check” All these things are tools, to get you to believe in these given circumstances, imaginatively. It’s not about being a good student. O...

  Question from student: “My question is a little bit more about architecture. The thing I’m working on right now is so short, with every line, I’m trying to make each line its own story, with a lot of stuff behind it. When something is so short like 3-4 lines, how can we best do architecture...

  Guys, we dictate our experience. Are you living in the free-floating terror of everything? Again, the world's fearful right now, more than maybe I've ever seen in my lifetime, so what’s the antidote? To dial up the love, dial up the joy. Raise your joy tolerance, raise it, but you raise it...

  This is so critical as we segway now, we're talkin about the art thus far, we talk about the business now. You’ve all been told when you went to an audition, to prepare 2 scenes, 3 scenes, sometimes 5 or 6 scenes, which I think is ridiculous, cuz if I’m auditioning you, I do not want to see...

  This is a great question to close on, beloved’s around the globe. You don't hide or this or that when you really learn to work, you're going to be surprised by what comes up. I've known Mark Guerette for a long time and I just love working with him, because he's one of the most open people,...

  Suggestions on working on an absurdist piece like Samuel Beckett. Excellent question and my mentor, the guy who brought me to New York, who I just happen to have here again, Alan Schneider, who directed the original “Waiting for Godot”, most of the American Pinter premieres, many Beckett pr...

  I want to share this with all of you. They go: “why is it so difficult to be in the moment?” You know why? Because when you're really in the moment, you're as much with your death as you are with your life. Because all the noise stops. Right? “Do you have a dog, Simba?” “I used to”. “You us...