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From Act II: Scene VII of As You Like It, Shakespeare asserts that “all the world is a stage,” and all the men and women, “merely players.”
Scribbled in the margin of the script was a note from the director: “This scene requires real tears.”
The actor stared at the instruction and was immediately struck by two words: “requires” and “real.”
In other words, this was a non-negotiable situation. It was required.
The director had already decided that based upon the construction of the scene and the characters involved, that the emotion would demand some weeping.
Then there was the word “real.”
For after all, nothing is more displeasing to an audience than someone sprouting crocodile tears which obviously are being dribbled by force.
So what to do? How does one tap the real heart of the matter, and find the deep-down growlings that generate the kind of energy that fosters tears?
The actor thought for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.
Tears are the release of our fears.
Our apprehensions lie within us, trying to hide in corners and disguise themselves as temporary apparitions until we finally break down and admit that we’re scared to death, and allow the tears to flow freely.
Matter of fact, it’s impossible to get in character without tapping the sadness of your role. Every human has fears. Masking them turns us into chilly lumps of flesh or causes us to concede that belief is a joke and never really offers any lasting solution.
After all, most people do not become atheists because they don’t believe there’s a God. They become atheists because they hurt and don’t believe that God gives a damn.
Without tears our fears remain.
And when our fears remain, we are defensive to the world around us rather than optimistic about the possibility of relationship.
We all need comfort. But there’s no comfort given to us unless we mourn.
How would anyone know? Are they supposed to read our minds? Should they anticipate that merely because we wear human flesh, there’s some devastation within?
Without the comfort, the fears remain, taunting our talent and making us believe that our ability is never enough. But when real tears are required and we feel the freedom to weep … we are suddenly afforded the healing of comfort.
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