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Acting Quotes by Michael Chekhov
- Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING
- In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes the life impulse…
- An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.
- The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown…
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