Thanks for being honest and sharing your experience! Back then, in opera theatre, I was also always the more reserved one. The acting was always the most difficult part of it because I didn't know how to be someone else. I've only recently realized that perhaps I should try a different approach - instead of thinking I've to try to *be* someone else I'm not, I should find the aspect of my own personality that can relate to the character and focus on that. Let that part of me express itself through that role. That's why I want to give this another shot. I want to work through my fears and learn that it's okay to make mistakes. If I can be vulnerable on stage, both in making errors and showing emotions in public, maybe I can do it in life too. And, I don't know, I think I can learn something from this.
I've got a few questions, if you don't mind.
1) Do you relate more to method acting or just playing characters for the fun of it?
2) I've heard over and over how important it is to really focus and to be in the present moment, especially in live theatre. HOW do you get that focus, especially for INFJs who live so much in the future, over-think in seconds, and can be distracted by a thought, thus being pulled out of character?
3) There's a piece I'm doing where I'm playing a sassy New York character that's really positive. I was told to watch New York movies, listen to how they speak, how they act. I need more character in that song, it's just hard to source out that part of me. I know there's an aspect of me that's naturally sassy and sarcastic. Perhaps it doesn't come out often unless it's around people I know well. Do you have any thoughts on how to get that sass public in an individual who's most often seen as reserved, polite, and, well...introspective?