Acting Notes Fill In The Blank

The more you fully ______ your acting partner, the more fully you will be acting.

Contact

Actors are excited about what they do and are willing to

make a fool of themselves

The actor needs to look clearly at their acting partner and take in "___________" with whom you are acting.

the whole person

As serious as acting is, we must leave time for _____ and _____.

fun and play

___ means U R aware of the other actor as a complete person & potential good/harm that can come from the relationship.

Vulnerabillity

Play for results in the ________ _____________; not the audience.

other character

The actor must never _____ or _____ ______ another actor during an exercise, scene, or improvisation.

physically or sexually abuse

It is your OBLIGATION and RESPONSIBILITY to be ___________

heard

The character must not only ____ to achieve his goal but _____ to achieve it.

try; expect

You can not simply "_____" something or someone onstage.

be

__________ are the strategies of human communication.

Tactics

________ means playing an emotion for all it's worth, mainly to show off your ability to emote.

Indulging

The actor acts by pursuing - often vigorously - the presumed ________ of the character.

goal

Your partner is always a _____________.

character

A _____ actor can imagine anything. If this does not occur, an actor will be unable to take risks and grow as an artist.

free

In a play, the actor must pursue a goal in the context of an _________.

obstacle

You should always, if possible, have something ________ to do in your scene.

physical

Choose _________ that frighten you personally and physically.

fears

An actor is a _________ artist; without it, trust disappears.

disciplined

Bad choices are _________, ___________, and ___________.

simple, sane, and ordinary

The exciting actor differs from the unexciting actor chiefly because of the quality of his/her ________.

choices

Good choices are _______, ________, and _________.

bold, scary, and exciting

You must _____ your fellow actors to embrace and accept who you are. U must be comfortable with them and they with you.

trust

A ________ actor can do anything. A tense actor is ALWAYS constrained.

relaxed

Tactics will come out of your __________ ____________, not out of a script.

life experinces

The only way for an actor to avoid self-consciousness and truly relax is through ________.

doing

Don't create a ___________ different from yourself. Simply put yourself in the role.

character

the actor needs 2 be willing 2 look clearly & directly at your partner and take in the _____ _____ w/ whom U R acting.

whole person

cting & reaching our goals is not about focusing on ourselves, but requires us to focus and ____ on something/someone.

project

Trust develops first out of ________. You must love and be confident in who U R, what U do, and the decisions U make.

self-confidence

There is ________ an other in acting.

always

A ______ is the character's principal quest.

goal

The ________ is the person (or persons) with who, for whom, or from whom you seek a goal.

other

Expectations should always be ________. There should always be a concrete and specific victory in mind.

positive

______ means you are trying to show the emotions of the character, rather than playing the GOTE of the scene!

Indicting

Choose to ____ your partner. While it is ok not 2, the best acting choice is usually 2 _______, out of anger/affection.

touch, touch

Choose to find your partner _________.

intresting

NEVER try to _____your acting partner.

direct

Choose ______ that excite you personally and physically.

goals

Don't stage the scene...if you want something to happen in the scene ______ for it.

work