I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

Of course, silence in the theater, when you know that that silence is being sustained before your eyes by a group of actors on stage can be equally thrilling. I think we undervalue silence as a very powerful currency. I think we're frightened of it right now. We fill it at the least provocation.

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one

Theater is the beginning and end and actually everything, while cinema belongs to the whoring and slaughterhouse trade.