On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
In film, the camera can get an array of shots so the audience can see the emotion the character is giving off. Using close-ups on the character's face really helps get the message across. On stage, you can't do that. But the stage has that live feeling that you can't get anywhere else because the audience is right there.
For film and TV, try to have a more conversational tone. For stage, you'll need better diction and bigger vocal production.
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
To me, it's important to try and make an emotional connection with the audience.
Screen is satisfying because it's so technical and mysterious. It's like playing roulette: you get a script, you think it's either great or naff, but you have no idea how it will really turn out. On stage, you are your own editor - and you get brief moments of grace, where suddenly you feel free.
In film, you're always using your tools, your body, your voice, your emotions, but onstage, you use them in a different way.
The stage gives you more control over your own work; in television, there's a distressing amount of communal writing. Unless it's your show, you have no control over that. You're at the mercy of whoever's running the show.
Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.
When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.