We don't live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going...When you are acting, don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your character's future.
Michael ShurtleffAn expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.
Michael ShurtleffThe actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.
Michael ShurtleffEvery scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'
Michael ShurtleffWhatever 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 Shurtleff