Watching Your Friends And Fellow Artists
Watching Your Friends And Fellow Artists
“Acting requires a creative and compassionate attitude. It must aim to lift life up to a higher level of meaning and not tear it down or demean it. The actor’s search is a generous quest for that larger meaning.
“That’s why acting is never to be done passively. When I watch some of you I sense you’re not really involved. Some of you become totally detached from the work of other students in the class. There’s an unspoken criticalness or indifference, which
is disruptive to the class and hinders you from learning. It’s a trait that ill serves actors. Instead of being critical and judgmental, we should recognize and honour others’ efforts. Criticizing others, and belittling others only diminishes us. And if our goal is always size, that’s heading in the wrong direction!”
- Stella Adler, The Art of Acting
“Another word of counsel about watching the creative work of others. Begin to exercise your sense of truth by looking, first of all, for the good points. In studying another’s work, limit yourself to the role of a mirror and say honestly whether or not
you believe in what you have seen and heard and point out particularly the moments
that were most convincing to you.”
- Tortsov, An Actor Prepares, by Constantin Stanislavsky
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