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Acting is an art that requires
immediacy and courage. To act means to perform an action, to do something. It's in the doing
something, that you are an actor. It's not the words that carry the meaning; it's the
actions.
What is an action? It is an
attempt to achieve a goal. An action is an attempt to accomplish something. The
chosen goal must be do-able and simple.
It is only necessary
to have an intention - to have desire - to have a goal - to
want something from the other person that only he or she can
provide. It is the actor's job to reduce the action to its simplest,
most do-able form.
The difficulty in acting is in
being simple. It's the ordinary person acting in an extraordinary way. It's the
person who won't be swayed, who perseveres, who never gives up trying to
achieve his goal.
Acting training is simply this:
learning to deal with uncertainty. Learning not to over complicate. Learning to
be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Learning to accomplish an
action, simply and honestly. |
