Constantin Stanislavski Quotes
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“The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.”
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“The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.
— Constantin Stanislavski
What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.
— Constantin Stanislavski
“The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Play well, or play badly, but play truly.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
“You'll never see any two good actors approach a role in the same way.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
When you're playing a character who's cruel, look for the places where he's kind. When you're playing a character who is unhappy, look for the places where he has a glint of merriment.
— Constantin Stanislavski
In every physical action, unless it is purely mechanical, there is concealed some inner action, some feelings. This is how the two levels of life in a part are created, the inner and the outer. They are intertwined. A common purpose brings them together and reinforces the unbreakable bond.
— Constantin Stanislavski
In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!”
— Constantin Stanislavski
“When we are on stage, we are in the here and now.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles
— Constantin Stanislavski
In talking about a genius, you would not say that he lies; he sees realities with different eyes from ours.
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
“Doubt is the enemy of creativeness.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
Don't go so deep in yourself that you no longer exist for your partner and for the character and for the play.
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
“I was born an ordinary actor. I will die an ordinary actor. But I've persisted.”
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
— Constantin Stanislavski
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