"Now, the actor commits himself to a lifetime of beliefs in an endless series of identities. The actor spends his professional life completing the phrase 'I am'; and every time he plays a different part, he completes that phrase differently. An actor is perpetually combining the primary statement of consciousness with identity, and that identity is constantly changing. The actor has an empty space after the phrase "I am"; the actor says, 'I am anyone and I am everyone.' That's what makes an actor different from a broker."
"The actor makes a profession of believing in many identities. Ask an actor if he would limit his potential identities or limit his power of belief. No. An actor claims the unlimited power of belief. He claims the right to unlimited identities. He considers that the very definition of his profession guarantees his right to an unlimited power of belief. 'I am anyone, I am everyone, I am all."
"When all of the actors believe in what they are doing and all the members of the audience believe in what they are witnessing, we have all component parts believing something at the same time. The actors believe one another, each actor believes himself, each spectator believes each actor, everyone is believing at the same time. All component parts are in harmony. When all component parts are in harmony, we have the possibility of a work of art--we have unity."- William Ball
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