You may be on set and do not get along with some of your partners. For instance, you could share a love scene with an actor you really hate. You may not resonate with your director or scene partner. Or the casting director might make you feel uncomfortable. That can be really hard and definitely affect your energy and presence.
There's also the opposite situation. You may not like the partner you're playing with. That might prevent you from staying grounded and focused on your acting.
As actors, you should expect that to happen because there are so many people involved on a set, so many different egos. Inevitably, there'll be some friction, disagreements, differences of opinions, and likes and dislikes, which is completely human. Expecting everyone to think and feel like you is delusional.
You may start thinking it's everyone else’s fault. You may make them wrong, blame them, gossip about them, or try to talk to the director to do something about it. However, None of those things work.
When you watch my training below you will discover that the root of what’s happening is not the fact that the other person disagrees with you or is different from you. The root is that your ego gets triggered when another person is not behaving the way you expect them to. When your ego takes over, you start prioritizing its needs over your character's needs.
The work to do is to work on your instrument so that you can undo your coping mechanisms and get completely free. Once your ego is no longer driving your life and performance, you can focus entirely on your character's needs.
Watch my training to hear all my thoughts on this topic.
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Jo Kelly
Creator, The Reset Journey From Resistance to Freedom
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