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Being an actor is, at times, complex. Often it is difficult to make sense of our experiences, to give them articulation, because they are too acute. We are working with our emotions, our bodies, our personalities, with our inner creative impulses – it is difficult for us to step back from our work, to look at it objectively. After all, so many artists working in other disciplines create objects – be it a sculpture, a painting, a text and so on. But actors are not creating objects – they work on themselves to create performances. And so sometimes it is a relief to listen to the words of some of the greatest actors of the past. They can be reassuring – their towering achievements lend extra force to their insights.

Here’s five great actors who, by articulating their experiences, may help us to understand our own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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