An 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 ShurtleffEvery scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'
Michael ShurtleffThe moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.
Michael ShurtleffThere's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.
Michael Shurtleff