"There are three great teachers of acting - Life, Shakespeare, and Yourself."

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“Basic technique is knowing yourself and knowing how to use yourself.”

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“To intentionally dream about the world in which the character lives is work which the actor must always do alone; it is then that he establishes the link between himself and the play. This is what I now recognize takes place in the actor’s personal dream space.”

“Chaos, doubts, and confusion is normal and signifies the beginning of the creative process”

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“Stanislavsky is the person who really originated the movement that later inspirated the American Theatre and it was the institutionalization of the Actors studio which made it permanent.”

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