I Want To Thank The Academy For

The Physical Life Of The Scene Is Determined By Whether The Set Squeezes People Together Or Whether The Set Has An Escape Place In It.

The Makers Of Entertainment Must Try, In Our Field, To Be Honest And Grown-up.

Look For The Contradictions In Every Character, Especially In Your Heroes And Villains. No One Should Be What They First Seem To Be. Surprise The Audience.

I've Come To Believe That Everything Worth Achieving Is Beyond One's Capacity - Or Seems So At First. The Thing Is To Persist, Not Back Off, Fight Your Fight, Pay Your Dues, And Carry On. Effort Is All; Continue And You May Get There Despite Everything.

It's Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Get Away With Anything False Before The Camera. That Instrument Penetrates The Husk Of The Actor; It Reveals What's Truly Happening - If Anything, If Nothing. A Close-up Demands Absolute Truth. It's A Severe And Awesome Truth