"Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore."

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Source : Peter Brook (2017). “The Shifting Point: Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing

Peter Brook

#Character Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.”
“We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them.”
“I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.”
“There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.”
“The key is to design great golf courses all around the world. But my plan is only to do a select few. I devote so much of my time to these. I'm kind of a hands-on kind of person. I always want to do the best that I can in all of my life and this is no different.”
“I am the ocean we lived on for two months. I am empty. I am nothing.”
“The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.”
“It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.”

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