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You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.
A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves.
Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.
You have to be able to toss the thing out. You can't fall in love with your characters, and you have to know when to fight - and when to quit.
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
