Look at Stanislavski contradicting his own writing IN THE SAME BOOK !
THAT’S WHY I WILL KEEP ON SAYING:
“THE ROOT OF THE THING IS NEVER THE THING ITSELF.”
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FORMULA…CHANGE OCCUPATION ART DOES NOT HAVE ONE.
- “Always act in your own person, as an artist. You can
never get away from yourself. The moment you lose your¬
self on the stage marks the departure from truly living your
part and the beginning of exaggerated false acting . . .
Always use your own feelings . . . always play yourself,”
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- “Your head will swim from the sudden and complete
fusion of your life with your part. . . You will be incapable
of distinguishing between yourself and the person you are
portraying . . . Then . . . truth and faith will lead you into
the region of the subconscious and hand you over to the
power of nature.”
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