When you're acting and you need to cry, you want to put yourself in a position where you're trying not to cry, because that is generally what people try and do. They try to hold on to their emotions, they don't want to lose them.
“I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.”
“Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.”