In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way.
Constantin StanislavskiThe actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.
Constantin StanislavskiA true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.
Constantin StanislavskiCreate 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 StanislavskiIn the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This is called solitude in public... During a performance, before an audience of thousands, you can always enclose yourself in this circle, like a snail in its shell... You can carry it wherever you go.
Constantin Stanislavski