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"Positive action means that the actor/character focuses on the success of the enterprise rather than allowing the fear of failure to enter the mind or consciousness – every character plays to win at every moment....

The inclination of creativity – both on stage and in life – is to celebrate and to praise life and existence.....

With positive action, the characters hang on not only to the hope but also to the belief that they will get what they want. When they fail to achieve their goals, the effect will be psychologically and emotionally devastating; when they achieve their goals, the effect will be miraculous, exhilarating, and transporting."

- Louis Scheeder, Neo-Classical Training, Training of the American Actor.

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Then Pacino recalls one of his favorite moments of his acting career. “I was in American Buffalo, the David Mamet play. I did it a lot, four years altogether. Now, I’ve heard that I can be a frenetic actor, and that’s what I was doing in the beginning in American Buffalo—bouncing up and down. Then one night, I realize that I have been standing in the same place for fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes is a very long time in a play. But I’m doing the part, doing it well. The audience was very happy, the director was happy, I was happy. I think that was the night I finally got the character, felt completely in it. Maybe it is like that in life. One day you stop running, and there you are.

— 49 Minutes With Al Pacino — New York Magazine

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