What does it mean that your drama technique is “safe”?
You do not have to harvest and manipulate and prostitute your own private pain in order to be a deeply emotional actor. The use of personal substitutions may work for some actors professionally, but for most it becomes a burden personally. They dig up all their pain and milk it and then wonder why they can’t let it go at “Wrap!” My drama technique allows you to access the character’s pain – and because it isn’t your own, you can reliably use it and then let it go! I can’t think of a more wonderful job than acting. We get to show humanity what humanity is. It should be joyful, not painful!
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