Use the Difficulty

This from Scott Berkun’s
bog post on August 14 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/
This really resonated with me.

“I was rehearsing a play, and there was a scene that went on before me, then
I had to come in the door. They rehearsed the scene, and one of the actors had
thrown a chair at the other one. It landed right in front of the door where I
came in. I opened the door and then rather lamely, I said to the producer who
was sitting out in the stalls, “Well, look, I can’t get in. There’s a chair in
my way.” He said, “Well, use the difficulty.” So I said “What do you mean, use
the difficulty?” He said “Well, if it’s a drama, pick it up and smash it. If
it’s a comedy, fall over it.” This was a line for me for life: Always use the
difficulty.”

Michael Caine,
interviewed by NPR’s Terry
Gross, from her book All
I did was ask