| Summary: | This paper aims at highlighting similarities in the actor’s education and the athlete’s training for professional performance, focusing on the mental component of affectivity. To this end, a parallel is made between the fundamental elements of psychological training as described by several famous authors from the fields of Physical Education and Sport, and, respectively, Theatre, including Mihai Epuran, Michael Chekhov and K.S. Stanislavski. Although closely related to other psychological phenomena, affective processes are more pronounced in the athlete and the actor than in individuals in other professions. The analysis of this psychological component in the two areas addressed by this paper focuses on the mind-emotion relationship. This relationship may take a positive or a negative turn, also depending on the preparation of the previous processes: self-confidence and thought (inner speech). Data collected from sports and theatre studies about the quality of the external manifestations of the body obtained by proper mental development provide arguments supporting the affinity on the psycho-physical training in both the athlete and the actor.
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