What the hell is “playing the paper”?
I say this all the time when I’m coaching voice actors, and it’s one of the simplest yet most effective performance techniques out there. Too often, I see students stumble over a word, skip a line, or completely miss a sentence. When I ask what happened, they usually say, “I was trying to make it more conversational.” The problem? They took their eyes off the script.
Keep your eyes on the script and act as if your audience is right behind the words. Play the paper, and your performance will shine.
