once my director gave the best advice

telling his cast “hard things should be hard to say”

it was always an acting tip

when you’re delivering an emotional line

you need to be emotional

somewhere along the line it became a life tip

that it’s okay for your voice to catch

when you’re saying something hard

or for it to shake

because you’re fighting through tears

and you don’t know if you can get through

he blurred the line between acting and life

and it became apparent

why both were equally important