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The CHEMISTRY of ON!!! The Wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938)
Paraphrased, "Massaged and Doctored" Quotations
by Dale L. Anderson, M.D.

The METHOD OF ACTING was not invented -- it was founded on the physical and spiritual laws governing the nature of humanity!

The METHOD of ACTING is a creative process of living and experiencing organically a desired role. This METHOD OF ACTING enables you to create the image of a desired role -- breathe the life of human spirit into that character and -- by natural means, embody it with artistic beauty.

YOU must be the master of your own INSPIRATION (chemistry) and know how to call it forth at the hour announced. This is the secret of the art of becoming a successful [           ].

This capacity to transform oneself, body and soul, is the prime requirement for a successful [           ].

Bring yourself to the point of IN-ACTing a new role concretely. AS IF it were your life. And when you sense this real kinship, then this newly created being will become -- soul of your soul and flesh of your flesh. This AS IF acting is a lever to lift you into a world of a new chemistry.

YOU the [           ] must know how to put on and wear a COSTUME. And how to use proper body language and stage PROPS appropriately. You can do this, only when, you feel yourself in the part and the part in yourself.

YOU the [           ] must above all, BELIEVE in what is happening around you and in what you are doing. Truth cannot be separated from belief, nor belief from truth. You must believe in what you say and do and you will be convincing.

For YOU to establish the right -- [           ] state it is essential to work -- step by step -- to establish HABITS. Piecemeal this habit system enters the [           ] until it (the chemistry) becomes incorporated as second nature. At all times and in all places the [           ] must constantly practice to achieve a true (chemistry) feeling.

The METHOD of acting is a whole way of life. YOU have to educate yourself in it! YOU cannot do it all at once.

But the more TALENT YOU develop, the more YOU will care about technique. And then, for YOU, the [           ] the difficult becomes -- habitual, the habitual -- easy, and the easy -- BEAUTIFUL.

From Constantin Stanislavski’s books (1) AN ACTOR'S HANDBOOK (2) AN ACTOR PREPARES and (3) BUILDING A CHARACTER Quotations "Massaged and Doctored" by:

© Dale L. Anderson, MD, FACS, DABHM (Diplomate Am. Board Holistic Medicine)
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