Metamorphose into your character and ask thyself.

[Metamorphose(verb): to change form and nature]

First of seven part documentary about one of the

most inspiring teachers of acting: Sanford Meisner.

[if you would like to watch the rest, double click on the video]

action verb : PACIFY :
to bring to a state of peace and tranquillity.

Know Thy Character

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Know Thy Character. from aydin ozer on Vimeo.

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” - Jack London

Stanislavsky read the experimental psychologist Théodule-Armand Ribot's "The Psychology Of The Emotions" (which included the concept of Affective Memory) than he transformed the ideas and applied them for acting/directing. In a way Ribot is the original father of Emotional Memory. [Hence, his book's name "The Psychology Of The Emotions"]

The link is a free [legal&downloadable] copy of :
Ribot's "The Psychology Of The Emotions"

Enjoy.

action verb : GORMANDIZE :

to eat greedily or ravenously.

We need to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about our characters. Knowledge solidifies/shapes the fantasy of them in our minds and allows us to materialize the them in the living world.