Constantin Stanislavski
Constantin Stanislavski
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavskywas a Russian actor and theatre director. The Stanislavsky system would inspire numerous acting teachers in America whose teachings became a dominant force in film acting, especially in the period after World War II...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth17 January 1863
CountryRussian Federation
Constantin Stanislavski quotes about
acting actors remember
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
theatre noble ecstasy
The theatre infects the audience with its noble ecstasy.
stage here-and-now
When we are on stage, we are in the here and now.
simple law actors
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.
humility realizing greatest-wisdom
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
character unhappy looks
When you're playing a character who's cruel, look for the places where he's kind. When you're playing a character who is unhappy, look for the places where he has a glint of merriment.
success real lying
Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.
character events arches
The character has to have some kind of arch. The character has to go through an event, and be changed by the human event.
feelings acting actors
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.
stress achieve muscles
At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles
choices borders psychotic
Gratuitous cruelty borders on the pathological, psychotic and that becomes uninteresting because there is no choice.
doubt enemy creativeness
Doubt is the enemy of creativeness.
direct-effect feelings mind
The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.
actors ordinary born
I was born an ordinary actor. I will die an ordinary actor. But I've persisted.