Character, emotions, and a booger.

Scene work. After you have truly let go of the character to live fully in their shoes and circumstances are you then forced to forget all of the work you have just done. If you are thinking about what your next line is then you have already taken yourself out of the moment. In life we never think about our next line. All we do is live and go after things we want. We all do things for specific reasons. We as human beings never do anything with out a meaning behind it. As an actor we must have meaning. If we move, or pick our nose, we must have meaning! For example, if we pick our nose because the director said to, then it is a technical move. That move needs to be natural. It has to be because you have a booger. As goofy as it may sound to use something that simple, this goes for something that is even as heavy as crying. Do not cry because the script says to cry. Find the understanding of the scene so that you do not have to choose an emotion. You should never choose an emotion, you should only choose your objective. Let the objective, and relationships, and circumstances create a natural emotion in the moment. You could cry, laugh, or get angry. None of which would be wrong if you are truly living in the moment and the circumstances.