“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
“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
“When I take a role I wonder how I can use it to find out who I really am. I don't think I'm so rare a person.” ThinkingPersonsI CanUseWonderRoles Author:Scott Cohen
“I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.” ThinkingBookCharacterWantedActorsEmotional Author:Scott Cohen
