It's what you do.
You are people architects.
You read a script, and you construct a walking, breathing human from the ground up.
When we create characters, we are encouraged to make them three-dimensional, right? And acting two-dimensional characters they are at the least boring and at the most extreme irresponsible.
We're told to embrace complicated characters.
We are taught that you can't accurately play a villain until you find one thing about him that you love.
One of my favorite producers has a poster over his desk that reads what does the villain want? Because in art, we recognize all characters start with an empathetic motivation on stage.
We prioritize listening because we know the livelihood of the show relies on it.
We are good at remembering those things when we make art, but in our daily lives, we tend to forget when we shift from the stage to reality nuance seems to get lost in the shuffle in real life.
We don't look for the one thing we love about each person.