Don’t Shake Your Acting Like a Polaroid Picture

Our minds are kind of like photographic paper. After exposing the photo paper (our mind) to the negative (the script), the presence of certain chemicals (text analysis training) on (in) the photographic paper (our mind) causes a picture (a choice) to appear when the paper (our mind) is submerged in the chemical bath (relaxed on the couch). The photographer doesn’t have to wave the paper around, beat his breast, pray for inspiration or take psychedelic drugs. The picture WILL appear because of the science involved. It’s the same with acting. When you’re sitting on the couch under the afghan with your script, simply allow your choices to reveal themselves in the same way the photographer allows the picture to appear after he places it in a chemical bath. Don’t push.