Increase Understanding: Learn the Art of Acting

To subliminally communicate the character’s inner life, it’s useful to assign a psychological tic

looks like and sounds like. Know how you feel about her, how she feels about you

This is true of relationships. If you speak of your grandma give her meat and bones, know what she

Start by defining the room you were in where this moment occurred. Locate the light source. Try to recapture the smell, the air, feel your feet on the ground. Recall dialogue. What was said that ignited the greatest surge of emotion?

Observe, observe, observe.
Get used to observing your own behavior first. As you express anger, love, piety, rage – watch yourself. Takes some getting used to. Get over the self-consciousness for this is very useful. Mastery of this skill takes a little time and then it’s yours forever.

George M. Cohan in him.

Alexander Technique that I recommend you study.

Practice using props. Make a telephone call, pour a cup of tea, handle a hot potato, handle a gun. In any case involving a prop you want to be deliberate. Not mannered. But clean and precise. Handling props, referred to as stage business gives the actor another opportunity to sculpt something of the character’s inner life.

Project it across the street but without raising your voice, no shouting allowed.

Italian William, Italian William, Italian William, Italian William
Butta gutta butta gutta butta gutta butta gutta butta gutta
Gutta butta gutta butta gutta butta gutta butta gutta butta
On a musical triad – do-me-sol
Up and down the triad may may may may may
Same three notes ray ray ray ray ray
Then move up one note and repeat may then ray
All the way up the scale
This opens up the music in