There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.

Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.

Everyone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive.

Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes.

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.

Take nothing for granted. Make an emotional discovery as often as you can find one in every scene. Ask yourself: What is new?

That's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak.