This definition of "Actor's ability" consists of talent (what he was born with or picked up through experiences), and skill (what he has done to develop his talent), including:
- *intuitive equipment:* emotional range and flexibility, intelligence, ability to listen, to work moment by moment, to be honest, to give himself inner freedom and privacy in public, to make the imaginative leap to a created reality
- *acting skills:* an ability to play a simple intention, to play against (opposite to) the obvious reading of a line, to create images, to be specific and insightful in his choices, to make transitions cleanly, fully, and believably
- *physical abilities:* that is, range, flexibility, expressiveness, and skills in voice and movement
- *artistic sensibility:* taste, instincts, sense of humor, sense of proportion
- *heart:* fearlessness, trust, commitment, emotional and physical stamina, a need to perform
