Ask an actor, after some great performance, how he felt while on the stage, and what he did there. He will not be able to answer because he was not aware of what he lived through, and does not remember many of the more significant moments. All you will get from him is that he felt comfortable on the stage, that he was in easy relationship to the other actors. Beyond that, he will be able to tell you nothing. You will astonish him by your description of his acting. He will gradually come to realise things about his performance of which he had been entirely unconscious.
Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares (1936)
The very best that can happen is to have the actor completely carried away by the play. Then regardless of his own will he lives the part, not noticing how he feels, not thinking about what he does, and it all moves of its own accord, subconsciously and intuitively.
Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares (1936)
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