"Never allow yourself externally to portray anything that you have not inwardly experienced and which is not even interesting to you."

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Source : Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “An Actor Prepares”, p.25, A&C Black

Constantin Stanislavski

#Interesting Quotes

“I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse heads or elephant's legs coming out of their chests?" Alan asked. "Next time someone tells you that, ask them to specify.”
“I love New York very much, and it was very important for me to spend my 20s in New York City. You're exposed to so much here, whether it's other people or just the grind of it and how hard you have to work. I think it forces you to define yourself: what kind of person do you want to be? What kind of woman do you want to be? And then inevitably, what kind of actress do you want to be?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.”
“All of the great Disney works took works that were in the public domain and remixed them.”
“The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.”
“A woman's hair net tangled in a man's spectacles on top of the bedroom dresser.”
“We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We donâ€™t want to be wrong because then weâ€™ll feel bad. But we could be more compassionate toward all these parts of ourselves. The whole right and wrong business closes us down and makes our world smaller. Wanting situations and relationships to be solid, permanent, and graspable obscures the pith of the matter, which is that things are fundamentally groundless.”
“There are so many parts of music that it's actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz band, or a choir, and use every element that the musical tool box can offer. The world of music I love so much, and I can change the costume depending on the part, and I'm actually in the film.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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