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Uta Hagen three minute exercise
Homework:
“Explore two to three minutes of your behavior in the pursuit of a simple task, taking into careful consideration the six steps. For the purpose of the given technical problem, choose circumstances that necessitate an entrance from the wings into your playing area, and eventually an exit into the wings. If your main action takes place in a living room, for instance, it is inconsequential whether you enter through the front door or come from another room. The same holds true for your exit. While occupied with the task on stage, you may also choose to leave momentarily to get or leave something in another room before reentering the playing area. This will further test your faith in creating continuity of life between the physical realities on stage and those that you imagined off stage.
In the examination of your selected actions, put your DESTINATIONS under a microscope to discover how many are consciously motivated, how many occur by reflex, and which of them are subconsciously instigated. An hour of actual rehearsals should be the minimum. Lying in bed to think about what you will do doesn’t count!”
Taken from chapter 11 of Uta Hagen’s A Challenge for the Actor.