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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments you get every now and again where you're totally present. The rest is just struggle and misery.

For me, performance is a holy ground. When I perform, I really step into a different state of consciousness.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.