Conventional wisdom teaches us that mastering all manner of performance styles and offering the widest possible range of characters is how to be read as versatile. And while that’s certainly true, the fact remains that the most consistent direction you’re likely to hear, regardless of the genre or medium, is “just be yourself.”

And after years of training “become someone else” as an actor, your initial response to this “direction” will likely be, “Who the heck do they expect you to be?”

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