The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski:
We know that Shakespeare re-created stories by others. That is what we do to the work of the dramatist, we bring to life what is hidden under the words; we put our own thoughts into the author’s lines, and we establish our own relationships to other characters in the play, and the conditions of their lives; we filter through ourselves all the materials that we receive from the author and the director; we work over them, supplementing them out of our own imagination. That material becomes part of us, spiritually, and even physically; our emotions are sincere, and as a final result we have truly productive activity–all of which is closely interwoven with the implications of the play. (AP)
