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"Sometimes when I don't know what's going on in a scene, or I'm in my head, or I'm generally not feeling confident in the moment, I may "hug the back wall" and stay as far upstage as possible. Being more distant from the audience feels safer. If I hide up there, maybe they won't notice that I don't know what the f#** I'm doing. Unfortunately, it probably just makes it look like I don't know what the f#** I'm doing. But - if I go downstage - like, all the way down, maybe even into the front row - it gives the appearance of confidence and the audience may think - "hey - they really know what they're doing!" But better than that, coming downstage actually manifests a real sense of confidence and boldness, and helps get me out of my head. Despite having heard this from multiple teachers and coaches, I still have to remind myself to do this. So if you see me hugging the back wall, I probably don't know what the f#** I'm doing in that moment. And if you see me downstage, well, I still might not know what the f#** I'm doing. But hopefully that is less apparent and I'm on my way to getting out of my head."
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