Probably my greatest challenge is entering the character, then continuing to inhabit him until he completes the scene. I need to take more time up front; to do the work of asking the questions (who am I, where am I, what do I want?, etc.), then acting out his truth in the context of the other characters and the setting. I was ADHD as a kid, and to this day still have to consciously focus to feel the reality well enough to manifest it and elicit the desired audience response. All of this is to say that if I said something, even just to myself, that implies I think not just that I failed to get a particular job (a…
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Michael Adler
Aug 12
Brilliant, as usual, my friend. Just got a big job and immediately went to the negative. Fear I will mess up. Why do we do that to ourselves??!!
Probably my greatest challenge is entering the character, then continuing to inhabit him until he completes the scene. I need to take more time up front; to do the work of asking the questions (who am I, where am I, what do I want?, etc.), then acting out his truth in the context of the other characters and the setting. I was ADHD as a kid, and to this day still have to consciously focus to feel the reality well enough to manifest it and elicit the desired audience response. All of this is to say that if I said something, even just to myself, that implies I think not just that I failed to get a particular job (a…
Brilliant, as usual, my friend. Just got a big job and immediately went to the negative. Fear I will mess up. Why do we do that to ourselves??!!