An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.
Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.
My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor.
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.
The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.