In talking about a genius, you would not say that he lies; he sees realities with different eyes from ours.
Constantin StanislavskiIt is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances that surround him, that the deeper sources of his subconscious gently open, and from them come feelings we cannot always analyse.
Constantin StanislavskiThe life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.
Constantin StanislavskiGratuitous cruelty borders on the pathological, psychotic and that becomes uninteresting because there is no choice.
Constantin StanislavskiI have taken film-work that has been a little more clichรฉ-written, to support myself and my family, and that's a whole kind of other challenge. It's like chopping wood: You've got to take what you can get and bless what withstands you. But in theatre! There's enough great theatre that you can find something interesting!
Constantin Stanislavski