Do not hold anything in your hands for long.
| This is one of the mistakes of apprentice actors. |
| For example, get rid of a cigarette very quickly. Do not do 'cigarette acting'. And do not hold on to a scarf or a napkin or a wine glass. |
| There are a number of reasons for this: |
| (1) You cannot motivate this holding on to an object (you cannot find a justification) |
| (2) It forces you into a closed posture, with hands across your body |
| (3) It makes the object very important and significant, and the audience will puzzle over this and be distracted |
| (4) No professional actor does this on stage. Your visits to professional theatre productions should allow you to study this. |
| Hand props - Very important! They will show the details of your character - not too fussy - but revealing! |
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