"Although I was gifted, I was surprised at rehearsals to find how much I had to learn about technique."--Charlie Chaplin

"Imagination, industry, and intelligence--'the three I's'--are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the greatest is, without doubt, imagination."--Ellen Terry

"If you went to all the trouble to learn the lines and the blocking, make sure everyone can hear you, understand you, and see you."--source unknown

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out."--Alfred Hitchcock

"No makeup is complete without an actor underneath, for makeup does not in itself create character--it only helps to reveal it."--Richard Corson