Method designing: donning the user's shoes

Aristotle said that the secret to moving the passions in others is to be moved oneself ...”
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute

When you think of 'method acting' you may think of Marlon Brando, Daniel Day Lewis or Christian Bale. Method actors use focused, in-depth character research and affective sense memory to recall emotions similar to that of the fictional characters they are portraying on stage or film. They do this to bring a greater sense of reality to the roles they are playing.

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