tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658939157328335033.post7196718248694242148..comments2023-07-17T04:31:53.859-07:00Comments on Bottle Tree Productions Blog: The Tao of ActingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658939157328335033.post-39167010498034541542019-08-08T06:02:53.990-07:002019-08-08T06:02:53.990-07:00There is no "method" to acting. Look at ...There is no "method" to acting. Look at the babies, kids, children, animals and insects in movies and plays. What is their "method". Acting is simply an opinion. It is impossible for everyone to agree to a standard or performer as being the best. Who performs greater in movies? Laurence Olivier? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Denzel Washington? Jamie Foxx? The more names I add the more ridiculous this looks. Get a life! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658939157328335033.post-46725951728270939742010-05-20T08:45:47.695-07:002010-05-20T08:45:47.695-07:00I think the danger of the tao method though is tha...I think the danger of the tao method though is that if the actor relies only on her own emotional reactions to the text and the other actors, then there is a danger of not living up to the character which the playwright has imagined. An actor reacting taoistically to Situation A may not be doing so consistently with the character as written. Isn't it more important for the actor to step out of himself, to inhabit the murderer or abuser or politician, and not to rely merely on his own personal reactions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com