A Quote by Martin Landau

I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.

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Martin Landau
American - Actor
June 20, 1928 - July 15, 2017

I started doing yoga in my 20s. I did teacher training, that was what I was going to do if acting didn't work out. I started teaching other actors right at the beginning of the yoga craze - people still thought it was a little weird, but a lot of actors I knew were getting into it and didn't want to look foolish in class. So I started teaching them!

Kristin Davis

A lot of people say I've missed out on a lot because I started acting at such a young age. What's so obvious to me is that I actually was really lucky. I gained a lot and I got a head start in what I wanted to do in life. A lot of people in their late 20s, early 30s are just beginning to figure out where they want to go.

Matt Dillon

It took me forever, learning improvisation, because I had studied with Lee Strasberg - I dropped out of Chicago and went to his classes in New York for a couple of years, once or twice a week. What I didn't realize was I was learning directing because he wasn't all that good about acting, not for me.

Mike Nichols

For the actor, The Lee Strasberg Notes are an indispensable companion.

Johnny Depp

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

Francis Ford Coppola

I studied philosophy at Columbia, then dropped out to do drama at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Margherita Missoni

When I started teaching, I would get miffed if a student asked me to write him or her a recommendation for law school - I'd feel like that's not what we were doing in the course. But now I see that person as someone who might be gainfully employed. I bring in a lot of people to speak to my classes, and I've gotten to the point where I've expanded the type of guests I invite to include people both inside and outside of the traditional publishing world.

Anthony DeCurtis

Subliminally, I had always wanted to act. Although I had only performed in a couple of plays, I was serious about it and was subsequently trained by people like Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

Martin Landau

As I got older, I would study privately with some coaches. Then I found Lee Strasberg, which I loved.

Daniella Alonso

Lee Strasberg taught me different ways in which a scene can be approached so that it is perfect. Acting schools also open you up - you react differently to each scene. It makes you a very reactive person.

Shenaz Treasury

I trained as an actor with Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, and Harold Clurman, and those guys set a very high bar.

Martin Landau

I left my career in Hollywood, moved back to New York, and went to Lee Strasberg and studied with him for the rest of his life.

Ellen Burstyn

There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty. Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I've had close relationships with.

Al Pacino

I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.

Sally Field

I never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.

Paul Henreid

Some girl asked me for an autograph and I asked her why, she said because she admires me. I said she should see a shrink. Then she started crying and I started laughing.

Nikki Sixx

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