Dustin Hoffman captures something actors rarely talk about. The most Dangerous work on camera often comes from living inside those tiny margins where precision and risk meet. Performance psychology calls this the zone of proximal development, the space where you stretch just beyond what feels safe without losing your grounding. When an actor commits to a specific emotional or physical choice, they step onto that narrow platform where anything can happen. Too far in one direction and the work fee

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