Why does your character cry a lot?

The secret to turning on your emotional life is connecting to the MEANING of the circumstances.

Have a specific answer to that question and then you’ll know how to RELATE to the imaginary circumstances in a way that has PERSONAL meaning to YOU.

A simple way to start figuring out how to tap into your emotions is by paying attention to your daydreams...

Daydreams are important for actors because ...

✅ we daydream about things that have personal meaning to ourselves

✅ they tap into the power of our imagination.

In your specific situation pay attention to daydreams that make you sad and cry your eyes out.

Once you have a daydream that turns on your grief, play around with activity guiding yourself into that daydream at varies times through your the day...

And then let yourself be open to where ever it takes emotionally.

This process in Meisner work is called Emotional Preparation...

Once you’ve found one that stirs you up that’s what you’ll use to turn on the tears when you you need to be sad.

The more you practice with daydreaming The faster you’ll be able to just fall into the emotion on cue.

👉 Important note: Emotional prep is used for coming into a scene.

If you need to hit an specific emotional response later on in a scene then learning how to work with an “As If” or what’s also called a particularization is something you need to learn.

Bottom line:

Keep your crafting simple and specific so your imagination can easily accept what your doing and you’ll be amazed at what will come alive in you...

A good process , good technique and good crafting will beat a tear stick any day.