Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great. ↗
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. ↗
Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry. ↗
Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance. ↗
Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults. ↗