Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.
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It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.
Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.
Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not there, you have to produce that yourself.
The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
The big secret in acting is listening to people.