Joseph Chaikin Professions : Theatre Director Born : September 16, 1935 Died : June 22, 2003 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Joseph Chaikin The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from his dread to a joy so sweet that it is without limit. Only then will the actor have direct access to the life that moves in him, which is as free as his breathing. And like his breathing, he doesn't cause it to happen. He doesn't contain it, and it doesn't contain him. Joseph Chaikin breathing sweet moving Similar Authors Anne Bogart theatre-director Anna D. Shapiro theatre-director Bartlett Sher theatre-director Daniel J. Sullivan theatre-director Harold Clurman theatre-director George Ogilvie theatre-director All Authors