1. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle,
and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.

2. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
NEVER does an actor need the moment before more desperately than in the audition situation.

3. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
A good actor doesn’t come on stage and wait to get going,
s/he comes on emotionally charged from a well-developed moment before.

4. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
What are you fighting for in the relationship in the scene you are doing, and exactly where are your feelings at this specific moment before?

5. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
The moment before requires an important emotional commitment from the actor.
Not his mind, in acting the mind is only useful if it guides a person to his feelings.

6. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
It’s not enough to THINK about what the moment before should be;
one has to seep oneself in it, drown in it, be overcome by it!

7. Guidepost #3 The Moment Before
Underneath every human being’s rational cool exterior is passion.