Quotes by Sanford Meisner

Sanford Meisner

Act before you think – your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.

Acting

Honest

Thinking

Acting can be fun. Don’t let it get around.

Acting

Fun

Acting in a scene is like paddling a canoe from a pebbly beach on to the river, the writer builds the canoe, and the actor provides the river. The river is the actor’s thoughts and emotions.

Acting

Beach

Rivers

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

Acting

Circumstances

Imaginary

Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances

Acting

Circumstances

Given

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

Acting

Pounds

Theatre

Being an actor is a religious calling because you’ve been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.

Inspire

Religious

Thinking

Courage means willing to risk everything.

Mean

Risk

Willing

Don’t be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances.

Actors

Circumstances

Imaginary

Every little moment has a meaning all its own.

Acting

Littles

Moments

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Quotes by Sanford Meisner

Sanford Meisner

Act before you think – your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.

Acting can be fun. Don’t let it get around.

Acting in a scene is like paddling a canoe from a pebbly beach on to the river, the writer builds the canoe, and the actor provides the river. The river is the actor’s thoughts and emotions.

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

Being an actor is a religious calling because you’ve been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.

Courage means willing to risk everything.

Don’t be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances.

Every little moment has a meaning all its own.

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