Sanford Meisner - Theater's Best Kept Secret

A documentary on the great acting teacher Sanford Meisner.

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Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting coach well known for the Meisner Technique.

"Acting is the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances."

"The foundation of acting is the reality of doing."

"You know it's all right to be wrong, but it's not all right not to try."

"There's no such thing as nothing."

"Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning."

"May I say as the world's oldest living teacher, 'Fuck Polite!'"

"Acting can be fun. Don't let it get around."