“As an actor, you're never really in control of the product. I think the goal is to create what you want. And if you can get as close as you can get to the creation of something, it starts with development.” IfsThinkingWantActorsGoalCreationProductsDevelopmentWhat You Want Author:Scott Cohen
“Throughout my life, I have held the strongest belief that if you write down what you want to accomplish in your life: your dreams, goals, hopes and aspirations, you are much more likely to achieve them. I have been writing down my goals since I was a kid, and I've had more success than I could have ever dreamed of... one goal at a time.” IfsWantWritingHas BeensDreamKidsBeliefGoalAchieveAccomplishWhat You WantYour DreamsAspirationStrongest Author:Scott Cohen
“There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to move and inspire. If I can do that for one person it is already changing the world and that makes me feel accomplished.” IfsWorldFeelsPersonsI CanAbleMovingPurposeUnderstandingCan DoActingInspireChanging The WorldAccomplishedTouchedSole Author:Scott Cohen
“I think that when you do any kind of theatrical form, (you can't really do this in the theater) the task as an artist is to reach some form of catharsis yourself, and express something that allows an audience to have some form of catharsis. If there's no discovery in what you do, if there's no struggle in what you do to have that discovery, then, there's no meaning in what you do.” IfsThinkingKindFormArtistAudienceStruggleDiscoveryTasksTheaterTheatricalCatharsis Author:Scott Cohen
“If I really knew how to do good storytelling, I would be a writer. Mystery is not a huge part of it. ... It's tension, it's relationships. I think it's a struggle.” IfsThinkingWould BeStruggleMysteryHugeStorytellingTensionGood Storytelling Author:Scott Cohen
“My feeling is that in the purest form, an actor is a service to the people. It's democratic in its purest form. That's what an actor is. If he or she isn't that, then there is no purpose in doing it. They're like priests.” PeopleIfsFeelingsFormPurposeActorsDemocraticPriests Author:Scott Cohen
“If you are lucky as an actor, you are doing a character that really matches where you are in life, or you're doing a character that is not where you are. If it's somewhere in between, you have to use a lot of imagination and a lot of thought.” IfsCharacterUseActorsImaginationLuckyWhere You AreWhere You Are In Life Author:Scott Cohen
