Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances. — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Acting in a scene is like paddling a canoe from a pebbly beach on to the river, the writer builds the canoe, and the… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
“... as a convention, you get up and walk to the window to make the audience believe that you're looking out. It's for the… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning. — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts. — Sanford Meisner Copy Share
