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Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING
Michael Chekhov
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Michael Chekhov
Age: 64 †
Born: 1891
Born: August 29
Died: 1955
Died: September 30
Actor
Drama Teacher
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Theatrical Director
St. Petersburg
Michailas Čechovas
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More quotes by Michael Chekhov
The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown to the audience. This life is rich and revealing for the audience as well as for the actor himself.
Michael Chekhov
All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation.
Michael Chekhov
Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs the bonds of your personal limitations, and gives you deep access into the inner life of the character you study, without which you cannot properly prepare it for the stage
Michael Chekhov
That is art: to give all you have. And what have you? Your life - nothing more. And to give life means to feel life throughout your whole being.
Michael Chekhov
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages when… we have the freedom to make the most of the best in all techniques? There are no prohibitions against it. All it takes is a little wisdom, imagination and courageous experimentation.
Michael Chekhov