Book: L. Rio. If we were villains. Page 3

He declared - and rather proudly - about the gift of scaring people, but admitted that he was afraid of being the main villain in his own life.

It's wonderful how theater in general - and Shakespeare in particular - can make us numb to the spectacle of physical violence.

The future is vast, unbridled and promising. Grab any opportunity that comes your way, and grab onto it so it doesn't get washed back into the sea.

You will have many friends and, perhaps, a number of enemies will appear. Don't let the latter scare you - if you still haven't got enemies, you have lived too carefully. And this is what I want to discourage you from hunting.

Aculei sunt aceri, simul astra.
The spikes are as sharp as the stars.

The actor must take the comedy deadly seriously, otherwise it will not be funny to the viewer.

Drinking tea from mugs is like tasting a good wine from cups.

Her spiritual nakedness, which manifested itself so unexpectedly, was mesmerizing and majestic.

I'm afraid I'm more beautiful than talented or smart, and so no one will take me seriously. As an actress and as a person.

We banish fear from today. We will take out our ugliness and place it in an open space, where we will study it. No one will be able to hide.

When we are on stage, we play a character, but only for fifty percent. The rest is ourselves, but we are afraid to show people what we really are. When I worked with Patsy Rodenberg, she taught us that Shakespeare's world is a world in which "passions are attractive." How often are we afraid of looking ridiculous and not showing the power of our emotions? But you cannot work well if you are afraid or in hiding.

Actors are like geodes. You have to break them to see what they are made of.

Our squabbles were good-natured and usually harmless. As seven siblings, we spent a lot of time together and already saw both the best and the worst in each other, so neither impressed us.

Hatred is the most sincere expression of flattery.