The drama must be more important than the music and the singing Rarely should the audience be more focused on the beauty of the singer's voice than on the situation, conflict, or motivation. Taking risks Great actors risk heightening their emotions to the point of looking ludicrous or feeling uncomfortable. One must feel the greatness of drama internally before acting externally. In Aikido, we learn to attack with the mind first before attacking with the body. This gives psychic power to the physical action and brings a wholeness to the energy involved in the action.
Great actors embrace failure.
They learn to try in rehearsal so many ideas and to extend their feelings so far that their characterization fails. Only by extending themselves beyond the balance of consistency-spontaneity do they learn where that balance lies. I couldn't understand at first what made the difference. As I went into doing things, they looked the same to me. That was puzzling to me, because how it came out was something that I never knew until after I had done it.