The Kominsky Method (TV Series)
Chapter 1: An Actor Avoids (2018)
Michael Douglas: Sandy Kominsky
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[first lines]
Sandy Kominsky : [in front of his class] Before we start, uh, tonight's scene work, I just want to take a moment to talk about our craft. "Acting." So what is acting? I mean, when an actor acts, what is he or she... or they actually doing? Well, on one level, the answer is simple. They're making believe. They are pretending. But on a on a much deeper level, we need to ask ourselves what is really happening? Well, you need to ask me. I think I'm the only one here who doesn't have a roommate.
[all chuckling]
Sandy Kominsky : What's really happening - and I want you to listen carefully - what's really happening is that the actor is playing God. Because, after all, what does God do? God creates. God says "Here is a world," and bam! That world exists. God says, "Here's life," and bam again! Life happens. God says, "Here's death," and boom! Darkness. The darkness returns.
Sandy Kominsky : So what does this mean to us? How do we take this information and bring it into our work? The answer, my dear colleagues, is that, like God, we must love our creations. We must imbue them with life, with character, with hope and dreams and fatal flaws, and then... then we must let them go. Because in the end, true love God's love, is letting go.
Sandy's student : Yeah, uh, Sandy? Uh, I have an audition tomorrow for a shampoo commercial. How do I love that?
Sandy Kominsky : Wash your hair before you go.
