Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.
Michael ShurtleffNo matter how much we know about the other person, there is always something going on in that other heart and that other head that we don't know but can only ponder. And no matter how we explain ourselves to someone else, no matter how open we are, there is always still something inexplicable, something hidden and unknown in us, too.
Michael ShurtleffActing in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.
Michael ShurtleffTake nothing for granted. Make an emotional discovery as often as you can find one in every scene. Ask yourself: What is new?
Michael ShurtleffAn actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.
Michael Shurtleff