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Sanford Meisner was one of the greatest acting teachers. His method was about not acting. It was about reacting and showing the audience as real of a moment as possible. To do so, you have to find those "human things" within yourself. To be able to do this, you have to think about the universal feelings that most human beings would feel in a given circumstance. Marlon Brando received an ovation for walking onstage eating an apple, saying "Goodnight Ma, Goodnight Pa", and exiting the stage. The audience believed him. That could have been anyone of them eating an apple and bidding their parents goodnight. Good acting is about connecting. It's about being able to connect with the real person while you are on that stage.

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