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Sanford Meisner Quotes: Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you.
         

Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you.


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



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



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An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.



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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.



The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.

The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.



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That which hinders your task is your task.



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