The essential problem is to give the actor the possibility of working "in safety." The work of the actor is in danger, continuously supervised and observed. One must create an atmosphere, a working system, in which the actor feels that [s]he can do anything, and that nothing [s]he does will be mocked, that all will be understood. ... Often, the moment the actor understands this, he reveals himself.
Jerzy Grotowski, Les Lettres français.













