On Taking Classes
As we work on a scene we might have feelings about how it is going. We might want to improve our work and become a better actor and we might think that what we are looking for is outside of us.
In the pursuit of looking to improve our work, we have experiences. These experiences are unique to who we are - the way we are meeting the world, the text or the teacher. They are our own processes.
We may not like how our processes manifest, yet my suggestion is that it is these processes that will teach us. The material and even the teacher are only the occasions through which these processes can unfold. If we can express these feelings, dreams and experiences (our own processes) then the playwrights words become alive because the actor allows his/her life to be present on stage.
Classes are a space where we can meet anything and let it teach us.