For something to light an audience up it has to light you up first.
I think the same with my students; If I want them to get excited about something, then by golly I better be excited about it first.
We have to find our way in. It may not be immediately obvious, but there is always a way to bring it to life for you. If actors can do it each night in the same show hundreds of times, then so can you.
In an interview, Andrew Scott mentioned the lines he has no trouble remembering are the ones he has fun saying.
Those flying colourful insults and hilarious punch lines.
Actors never forget those lines.
So to help him learn lines he’s looking for the delight in all of them.
It’s the same with all our work.
Find the pleasure in all of it, plug into it and help others find it for them too.
