« All Acting Quotes · Sanford Meisner's Page
Acting Quotes by Sanford Meisner
- The foundation of acting is the reality of doing.
- Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances
- Acting is fun... don't let that get around!
- Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.
- Find in yourself those human things which are universal.
- An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.
- Every little moment has a meaning all its own.
- The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.
- Acting is not talking, it's living off the other fellow!!!
- You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time. Instead, you must…
- The only way to deal with yourself as an actor is to follow the emotional truth of what you have to do under the imaginary…
- Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing.
- If you have the emotion, it infects you and the audience. If you don't have it don't bother; just say your lines as truthfully as…
- 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 acting…
- Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.
More Acting Quotes
- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
- Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of… — Victoria Abril
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I… — Rowan Atkinson
- What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm… — Jensen Ackles
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
- I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game. — Kevin Bacon