You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least

Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking

He conveys the poetry, the natural rhythms, of his characters' speech. Everything - emotion, movement, thought, intention - is inherent in that rhythm. Actors sometimes like to dissect, to analyze, to do all those things actors are taught to do. But those things don't put me closer to this work's heart. I have to surrender all that. It's like going to a lake or a swimming pool. You just have to dive in, to immerse yourself. Working in his plays requires a different kind of skill. It's as if you would become a talking drum.

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of my mouth and guitar. That impacts people. They know anything can happen.