Dig Deep

The challenge for the actor is to use Sense Memory

of childhood trauma

Ahhhh!

The actor must deploy…(fades)

Use the past Use your pain

Never ever try to entertain

Let Stanislavsky be your umbrella

Mumble your words!

Unless they're...

Stella!

Use justification, improvisation

Plus some emotional masturbation

Visitor from the Western coast!

Can you dig it

I dig it the most!

I'm through with Hollywood!

It's New York and the Actor's Studio for me.

And if any of those boys from Hollywood come 'a calling

you can tell them I said this:

In history there's this doctrine called Monroe

Which basically told the enemy where to go

It was created to nurture and protect

But now a new Monroe doctrine is in effect

So go tell Mr. Zanuck to read it and weep

'Cause I'm not just here to dig

I'm here to dig deep

From the 20th century Foxholes I'm released

And just like the sun, I'm rising in the east

I made a move from that permanent state of sadness

To prove there's a method to my madness

I'm waking up from that 20th century sleep

Because I'm not just here to dig

I'm here to dig deep

Well there ain't no sin to remove your skin

And to take a look under the hood

Mm-hmm

Well you must dispel the outer shell

Though you have to admit my shell looks good

You're tearing me apart!

I'll finally get to use my mind's interior

And not only just my bust and my posterior

'Cause the true inner self you can't avoid

And we're just nuts about Sigmund Freud

So open up my id

For a good clean sweep

'Cause I'm not just here to dig

No, I'm not just here to dig

Oh, I'm not just here to dig

I'm here to dig deep

Motivation, concentration, exploration

Stimulation, perspiration, inspiration

So Deep!