Konstantin Stanislavsky. My life in art (№ 451239)

I could force myself to speak loudly, act energetically, but when you force yourself, increasing the volume for the sake of loudness, vigor for the sake of vivacity, without inner meaning and motivation, it becomes even more ashamed on stage. And next to me, genuine artists were always charged with something from the inside, something kept them invariably at a certain degree of increased energy and did not allow it to fall.