Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'
I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre!
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