Make Your Own Rules

3 finding people you can work with

ACTING INVOLVES the study of human behavior, so I have learned much about people through my dramatic pursuits. For starters, watch the feet! That is a euphemism for the idea that behavior is a more important indicator than words when it comes to understanding another person. Words are more often than not used to disguise people’s true feelings. For example, if a person has just arrived in town and you see him with his head down and his shoulders slumped, and he tells you it is a long way from where he came, he is probably not referring to distance. What he is really saying is that he is tired and annoyed.

It is in the nature of Homo sapiens to judge their fellow man. When you first see someone, you might interpret ...