Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves. Find out who can tell you that truth and talk of your art only with those who can… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves! — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
It is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself. — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
“You can kill the King without a sword, and you can light the fire without a match. What needs to burn is your imagination.” — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
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… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be. — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real. — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
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 Copy Share
In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share
