Take nothing for granted. Make an emotional discovery as often as you can find one in every scene. Ask yourself: What is new? Michael Shurtleff More Quotes by Michael Shurtleff More Quotes From Michael Shurtleff An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants. Michael Shurtleff acting expression feelings If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going. Michael Shurtleff acting dream reality Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. Michael Shurtleff competition healthy acting The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene. Michael Shurtleff fighting character needs The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers. Michael Shurtleff bits easier actors There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them. Michael Shurtleff fighting acting character That's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak. Michael Shurtleff romance our-world thinking Everyone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive. Michael Shurtleff romance dream thinking Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes. Michael Shurtleff survivor attitude way
