Anne, here. I believe that many students of acting become confused about Stanislavsi's Method when they read his book-An Actor Prepares. The actors that the character of the teacher is working with are already skilled in acting technique. Stanislavski was suggesting ways to get out of the way of the technique (skills, if you will) of acting. He was teaching how to breathe life into the character--I think at the time he came around acting was very broad and artificial, therefore "naturalness" was new.
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