The American actor is very lucky. Why? Because so little is asked of him.
Acting can be fun. Don't let it get around.
Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you.
The text is your greatest enemy.
Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.
Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.