“成年演员如何演小孩?”——不仅小观众对此深感兴趣,就是有些大朋友也觉得这是个谜。我在扮演儿童形象三十年中,这个问题是一个既使我苦恼,又使我愉快的探索不尽的领域。我的演员生活,是从一九四九年参加中国青年艺术剧院时开始的。尽管我从小在难童教养院,后来在师范、大学里都曾演过一 “How does an adult actor play a kid?” Not only was the small audience interested, but some big friends found it a mystery. In my thirty years of playing the role of a child, this issue is an endless field of exploration that has distracted me and made me happy. My acting life started when I attended the China Youth Arts Theater in 1949. Although I grew up in a refugee camp, I was a teacher in college and university