Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors.
Michael ShurtleffCompetition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die...Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.
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 ShurtleffHumor is an attitude, a survivorโs way of looking at life. Itโs not about telling jokes.
Michael Shurtleff