The Stanislavsky Method

When I came off of the stage that first night, I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was ecstatic, on a natural high. Suddenly, I had found my place in the world. As I have gotten older and more experienced, I have learned that acting is not just reciting lines in front of an audience. There is a technique to acting. It is known as the “method”, “method …

…concentration, and sense memory are the basis for the method that Stanislavsky taught. He believed that if the actor felt the emotion on the inside, that it would show on the outside. All of this research about the method, and Stanislavsky and other great actors, has only given me an deeper love for the art, which it seems that so few people can perfect. Through acting one can live a thousand lifetimes in just one.