Quiz #6 – Respect For Acting, Ch 21-24
TPP 3103 Intermediate Acting
Introduction
1. “…don’t box yourself in or rely on ‘rules.’ ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________into a living role.”
Chapter 21
2. “Ask yourself what the playwright wants to communicate. Define it in
_____________________________.” “A play like A Streetcar Named Desire might be
interpreted as ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ society.”
3. “A side effect and a danger of studio work… is that the actor may get into the habit of
________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ intruded upon.
…should have at his fingertips _______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________ personal realities.”
4. “Everything you explore should eventually lead you to ___________________________
_____________________________________________________________ and feeling!”
Chapter 22
5. “I must even investigate ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________ .
I must glean…. facts about __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ and interests.”
6. “Before these facts can be really useful to me I have to ___________________________
_________________________________________________________________ game.”
7. “(Every actor) should find questions in the play and solve them for himself with
___________________ . ___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________ and tap them when he needs them.”
Chapter 23
8. “When and where encompass many elements which ____________________________
______________________________________________________________________.”
9. “The consequences of everything implied by the time are _________________________
_______________________________________________________________ ‘my’ life.”
“What are ‘my’ ___________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________ to condition ‘my’ life?”
10. “Is there time to finish ‘my’ work, to prepare for visitors, to get to bed, to go to the
bathroom? Time is ______________________________________________________.”
11. In Uta’s workbook for the role of Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, what
substitution does she use for the neighborhood? ________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 24
12. “To begin with, define ____________________________________________________.”
“And always ask if it is ____________________________________________________.”
“Then go further into areas of _______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________ and which they may have about ‘you’;”
“Then begin the detailed work of examining ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.”
13. When playing an antagonist you must justify your character, not judge them. If you
don’t, what are the two traps you will fall into?
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
14. In terms of substitution, Uta explains that, “It is more likely that he (the actor) will need
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________ in order to create this new relationship in the play.”
15. “Our ______________________________________________ often makes us feel that
we are younger or older. …Your character’s age will be established by ______________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.”