It's absolutely true, in the sense that everyone on stage / screen needs a strong internal logic for why they're doing what they're doing in order for that world to come to life.
It's a basically satirical trope in the sense that only a bad and unprofessional actor would need to ask the director to tell them what it should be!
Generally the translation goes the other way. The director gives a external-result oriented note (like, "I need you to be more frantic, here"), and then the actor comes up with the reason why that would be the case.
It's a basically satirical trope in the sense that only a bad and unprofessional actor would need to ask the director to tell them what it should be!
Generally the translation goes the other way. The director gives a external-result oriented note (like, "I need you to be more frantic, here"), and then the actor comes up with the reason why that would be the case.