So acting is lying essentially. That's what Mary tells me (but she’s an actress/liar, so I’m not sure if should believe her...?). I'm at this point in the process where I'm almost there on the lines -but not quite. I also have a bad tendency to give the character a voice before I know who he is. That's what five years of voice over work will do to you.
The director suggested (well Mary too) that I should play it from myself first. So it’s something of a struggle. It’s challenging coming in late like this -but also rewarding. My character is lying, or rather acting as if he lying but at the same time getting away with it. So I have to play to the audience that I'm lying, while still convincing the lead that I'm not lying. It's very confusing in an unfrozen cave man lawyer kind of way. Plus, I'm not a very good liar.
Unfortunately most of my acting experience is in animating (yes, acting is required in animation) and voice work. It’s a completely different thing when you are on a stage. I hope I’m getting there.