Acting Process: Critical Questions for Actor / Director

This is what our assignment typically is: to answer questions with
respect the scene or monologue. Great tool to 'know' your character
and what to do in the scene. All actors should do this. Below is also
a list for director, which is quite similar to the one for the actor:

[FOR ACTOR]

Answer the following questions as they relate to your scene:

1. What are your first impressions of your character?

2. What are the 'given circumstances' in the scene?

3. What is happening to your character before this scene?

4. What does the character want/need from the other characters in this
scene (character objective)?

5. What does the character do to accomplish that objective? (Write 4-5
action verbs.)

6. Did the character accomplish his/her objective and get what he/she wanted?

[FOR DIRECTOR]

Answer the following questions about your scene:

1. What is your first impression of the scene?

2. What are the 'given circumstances' in the scene?

3. What is happening before this scene? The back story?

4. What are the characters objectives in the scene? What do the
characters want from each other?

5. What are the character actions? (Write 4-5 action verbs.)

6. Did the characters accomplish their objectives and get what they want?