Quotes from Susan Batson

Actors are responsible to the people we play," Phillip Seymour Hoffman says. "You ultimately have to love who you're playing." That love is absolute and unconditional. And unconditional love leaves no room for judgment.

Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw are the bedrock of a fictional character's dramatic life, and the foundation of the actor's own life.

An audience doesn't have to know the precise events behind a character's Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw. But the actor portraying that character does.