Who is your character? What made him/her that way? There is alot more to this question than a name. Anything you know about yourself, you should know about your character.
2. What time is it?
Century, year, season, day, hour, minute
3. Where am I?
Country, city, neighborhood, house, room, area of room
4. What surrounds me?
Objects and people. Everything around you affects you.
5. What are the given circumstances?
What happened right before you entered? What's happening when you enter? Where are you going and what's happening when you exit?
6. What is my relationship?
How do you feel about each person and thing around you? How are you influenced by them? How do you feel about the circumstances of the play?
7. What do I want?
What do you want right this instant? What do you want in the long term?
8. What's in my way?
What are the obstacles in the way of your immediate goals and your overall goals?
9. What do I do to get what I want?
For both your immediate and overall goals
from
Respect for Acting
by:
Uta Hagen
with
Haskel Frankel