SANFORD MEISNER

ACTING IS: the ability to live truthfully under given imaginary circumstances.

Always be specific.

Every little moment has a meaning all its own.

Stay in the moment.

Live fully - moment to moment- that is reality.

Listen, observe, Listen, really look, Listen, concentrate, Listen.

Don't do anything until something happens to make you do it.

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

There is no such thing as genial charm.

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

There is no such thing as nothing.

Silence can say a lot - it can also cover up a magnitude of sins.

Don't take anything for granted.

-Sandy's favorite from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it."

-Sandy's treasure from Shaw in reference to Duse: "Behind every broad stroke there was a human idea."

FIND IN YOURSELF THOSE HUMAN THINGS WHICH ARE UNIVERSAL.