Ziyad

Unless he's an expert director, I'm going to guess for a second that him suggesting you are low energy, while it might be true, is not going to be solved by being more energetic. You are you and you wouldn't be cast if you weren't fit for the role.

I think the underlying cause might be that you're not making the choices of high necessity in the play.

One time I was asked to play a boyfriend who would pick up his girlfriend from the airport, then ask her some questions about her trip, accuse her of never having been on a trip, then when she admits this, he becomes infuriated because he was making a wild guess. He breaks up, she leaves.

The actress decided that in her role, she didn't really love me, that she cheated because she was bored with me. This did not help the scene. Because she had no strong need in this scene, her acting was more laid back, more like a everyday conversation. Low energy. The director gave her a tip and afterwards it was much better, high energy.

What the director asked was: maybe she could try it again, this time really in love with me and sorry about cheating, which is why she lied, because she didn't want to lose me.