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The fact that people come to a place, where everyone makes that commitment, and they are in the country just changes the atmosphere of work so there is a kind of relaxation and comaradery that is very special. It is a special place.

— John Strasberg

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The creative process, like anything in life has poetry to it .

Basic technique is knowing yourself and knowing how to use yourself.

Stanislavsky is the person who really originated the movement that later inspirated the American Theatre and it was the institutionalization of the Actors studio which made it permanent.

To intentionally dream about the world in which the character lives is work which the actor must always do alone; it is then that he establishes the link between himself and the play. This is what I now recognize takes place in the actor’s personal dream space.

There are three great teachers of acting - Life, Shakespeare, and Yourself.

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