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Spencer Tracy, when asked for advice on acting, said, __now your lines and don__ bump into the furniture._ James Cagney said, __alk in, plant your feet, look the other fellow in the eye and_tell the truth._ With all due respect to both of these giant talents, I would have to say there__ something more. The true creation of a being, a character other than one__ self, for me is comparable to a mystical or spiritual experience. To stand in another person__ shoes. To see as he sees, to hear as he hears. To know what he knows, and to do all this with a sense of control, a mastering of the dramatic moment, there must be more than a __atural talent_ at work.
Leonard Nimoy I Am Not Spock
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Spencer Tracy, when asked for advice on acting, said, __now your lines and don__ bump into the furniture._ James Cagney said, __alk in, plant your feet, look the other fellow in the eye and_tell the truth._ With all due respect to both of these giant talents, I would have to say there__ something more. The true creation of a being, a character other than one__ self, for me is comparable to a mystical or spiritual experience. To stand in another person__ shoes. To see as he sees, to hear as he hears. To know what he knows, and to do all this with a sense of control, a mastering of the dramatic moment, there must be more than a __atural talent_ at work.
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Leonard Nimoy

I Am Not Spock

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