I'm addicted to the feeling of being EMOTIONALLY POTENT. Finding people who will bring that out in me, having sense memory of a moment and sensations I have had. Discussing how we feel during these moments. Acknowledging moments like catching someone's eye on you and then looking away, but not knowing why you looked away...Wanting to KNOW but NOT wanting to know. Wanting the mystery and chase because it makes us feel so many different things we don't understand, rather than having it all figured out. Theatre is about conflict, LIFE is about CONFLICT, obstacles, problems, bumps in the road, NOT KNOWING, it gives us something to strive towards, something to fight for, to discover about ourselves as a result...
"Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested in; that is, theatre that moves an audience. You have the opportunity to literally impact the lives of people if they work on material that has integrity. But today, most actors simply want to be famous. Well, being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. 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."
Sanford Meisner
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