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“In real life, as I mentioned in the first chapter, people don’t try to have feelings, and frequently they try not to have them.”
― Directing Actors
― Directing Actors
“Sometimes I hear people say about characters, “She doesn’t have much of a sense of humor,” or “He isn’t very smart.” A character who is what society calls “slow” is not trying to be slow, so an actor who tries to show us intellectual slowness is condescending to the character and playing a result (society’s judgment of him). What such a person (character) is usually doing (his objective) is to struggle to keep up. An actor should never show us that a character is “slow,” but always involve himself with how the character copes with the cards fate has dealt him.”
― Directing Actors
― Directing Actors
“Just talk and listen.” My own teacher Jean Shelton used to say this to us until we were tired of hearing it. Sidney Lumet uses this expression as well. Talk to a person. Listen to a person. Be a person, not a character. Listening is the most important element of performance. It is the most important thing a director should be looking for. Some of the things I say in this book are controversial, but this is not. Every good director and every good actor agree on this point. Even if they don’t always do it, they know they should.”
― Directing Actors
― Directing Actors
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