3.10 DVD Commentary

[A Cousin]

(31-05-2010 12:36 AM)lwhite53 Wrote:  They also said in the commentary that Badria Timimi could cry on a dime without assistance -- never missed. I wonder how you do that?

I can answer that.

There are three kinds of actors: those that can cry on the spot, those that can cry but have to build up to it organically and those that can make an audience think that they are crying. I fell into the middle group. From what I have been able to gather from those who can do it on the spot, some actors just have the ability to tap into something very deep and scary inside them. It could be something as simple as the memory of being lost in the grocery store at 4 to something much worse. As long as it takes you there, it works. It can change too. It is an ability I greatly respect too. It isn't easy to be that accessible emotionally.