'Feel it-make it work'

For those who are not aware of my world-I am, among other things, a trained actor. I am also a very vocal and viruperative opponent to 'method' acting.
For those unaware of the term, it basically describes a process in which the actor's feelings are used as a primary tool both for character building (during the rehearsal process) and for that little bit of 'chutzpah' during performance. i.e. actors feeling an intense emotional state during perfoemance will 'translate' more powerfully to the audience.
I have this to say: actors, it is not your job to 'feel', it is your job to make the audience feel. This often involves a vast amount of crafting and false angles to provide the best 'image' to the v

iewing public.

In addition, what happens when you do a love scene? Do you 'feel' it? How dangerous would that be if you were in a partnership outside of the stage or film relationship? Please, PLEASE consider your craft people. They don't put you through 3 years of training so you can go off on an emotional orgy of self-indulgent 'feeling'. Craft, I suspect, exists because generations of actors had to find a way to keep themselves sane throughout the process.

Ask this question,-would you be as emotionally indulgent if you were playing a murderer? a paedophile? Is it not a matter of choice?

That's my rant. It's a thesis subject, not really suited to the limited space of a blog, but someone's got to say it.