“Potential, as related to our craft and the world: In acting, we have to create within the time that the production has allotted. In life we all have a beginning and an end, only so much time in one location. The quality of what is captured in that location depends on the production (Government, community, family). You, the actor, need to realize your potential within the given time frame. Doing this allows the scene, that is being played out, to be realized fully, hence clarifying the on screen story for the audience.
Potential in and of it’s self is not a result, its more represented by a continuos effort through the present. To say one has realized his potential in a given space of time, is the same as saying one has existed through the present continually, up and through the said point in time, involved in creating and shaping moments of life, thus realizing his individual possibilities in that time frame. The same can be said about any group, team, organization or country. Freedom and the present go hand in hand. A free country is a present country that is realizing its potential as we speak, if such a country actually existed. An indicator of the type of freedom I speak of is the ability of the people to govern themselves; how many laws do they need to keep from killing each other? How many enforcement officer are needed to “keep the peace? How big and powerful is their army? How intrusive is their government in the peoples personal affairs? These are indicators as to wether they are realizing their potential or not, but most importantly, how present are they allowed to be? Thus giving the observer (Director) an overall assessment of the health of a world, nation, state, community, organization, family, relationship or production.”
The act of realizing ones potential is “action".
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