[FRIAM] Jodie Foster explains about modulation (on empathy, acting)

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Jon, 

In my (very brief) career as a method actor (yes, it's true!), I was taught
that the way into another's emotions was through their actions and their
circumstances.  Pay attention to what your fellow actors are doing and the
props you are handling.  Get out of yourself.   The idea is not to
ermpathize with an emotion but to have it.  

N

Nick Thompson
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Jodie Foster explains about modulation (on empathy,
acting)

Thanks, that interview is pretty great. She also mentions her work as
"Nell", where she digs deep into vulnerability, a place that Foster
expresses little historical interest in wanting to go as an actress. Is it
*empathy* that an actor experiences when they compartmentalize *into* such a
character? What is it to empathize with a fictional character, a phantom?



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