Acting Tips on Character Personality

Video Transcript

"Alright, the next thing we want to take a look at are personality traits. And again, remember, we're going to pull everything from the script or the book, the information that already exists. Everything else, we have to make up. So when we talk about personality traits, we're talking about all the things about the person's, the character's personality. Are they funny? Are they glum? Are they mean? Are they sarcastic? Do they get their feelings hurt very easily? Are they supersensitive? Are they aggressive? Are they a very direct person? Are they an indirect person? Are they very outgoing? Are they very shy? Are they quick to judge? Are they very forgiving? Or do they never forgive? Are they very helpful and friendly? Or, are they much more self centered and everything is about them? All of those personality traits, we need to know those because those are going to be very instrumental in how we develop our character, but also how our character delivers their lines. Because a selfish person is going to talk in a completely different tone than an unselfish person. Or shy versus outgoing. Or mean versus nice. Indirect versus direct. So come up with all the personality traits that you can."