Dramatic play, he said, was the training ground where children learned to regulate themselves, to conquer their own unruly minds.
This makes intuitive sense. Dramatic acting is almost by definition doing what you think you should do, instead of what you want to do. Except for method acting, which instead tries to make it so what you want to do is what you should be doing.
I'd be interested to know if actors have better or worse self-control than non-actors, and if method actors have better or worse self-control than other types of actors.
This makes intuitive sense. Dramatic acting is almost by definition doing what you think you should do, instead of what you want to do. Except for method acting, which instead tries to make it so what you want to do is what you should be doing.
I'd be interested to know if actors have better or worse self-control than non-actors, and if method actors have better or worse self-control than other types of actors.