Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00080 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00080
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE ACTING played or sung? I assure you, he could not, because I completely lack the capacity for creative musical thinking. I can only remember. And I don't mind telling you that Einstein him- self could not develop a mathematical sense in me! I simply cannot imagine mathematics—for me, it is well-nigh unthinkable. Oh, I can keep my check book straight and figure my income tax, but that about does it. I just do not possess the peculiar type of imagination that could ever permit me to develop into a mathematician. But let us not be too humble. With all Einstein's great gift, I'm willing to bet he would make a terri- ble actor! He, undoubtedly, does not posses acting imagination. You see, great talent—genius, if you like—usually comes singly, unless one happens to be a Leonardo da Vinci. It is quite enough to have one talent and the one we are interested in is ACTING. Now, how does one go about learning to use acting imagination? Through CONCENTRATION. But that deserves a chapter by itself, for concentration is the keystone of the arch. Without it, the whole edifice comes tumbling down. 54