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we’re so wrapped up in our own story that we don’t see how we’re supporting characters in someone else’s.
Nathan Hill • The Nix: A novel
Ideally, in every scene each character brings out qualities that mark the dimensions of the others, all held in constellation by the weight of the protagonist at the center.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
When we embody a classic play like The Bacchae , I am interested in including the history of the play and all of its previous productions into our consideration about how to stage it it today. For example: If playing Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire , do you pretend that Marlon Brando never performed the role? What do you do with the ghost and m... See more
Genevieve Trainor • Five questions with: Director Anne Bogart - Little Village
"Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation."
-Bette Davis
-Bette Davis
A good actor, like a good empath, has to understand the stories the character is telling himself.