Noes and Yeses

I heard a great actor speak the other day. For years I've known his reputation but never personally encountered him except at a distance. Last night he was at rehearsal, and what I heard him say was only a sentence or two. He directed the two actors on stage go back to the section with "noes and yeses" and even the small way he said the two words "noes and yeses" I felt the tingle of huge meaning. Maybe it was a sacred reverence that I detected in his voice, a reverence for noes and yeses and all the different ways they meet each other and roll around. I was afraid of the history of noes and yeses then, just by his causual intonation. This was a wise and great actor.