Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job.
An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.
Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!
The big secret in acting is listening to people.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
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.