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
imagination actors answers
The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.
crafts
Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?
feelings actors stage
It 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.
editors and-love admirer
Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!
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.
humility realizing greatest-wisdom
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
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.
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.
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.
taken interesting support
I have taken film-work that has been a little more cliché-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!