An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We a…

Michael Shurtleff
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An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.
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The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers. ✨ Michael Shurtleff (2009). Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.

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