Do not fake it until you make it, or you will not make it. Always be yourself, the real fictional character.The one area of body language that is identical in all cultures is the seven basic emotions that people around the world express, recognize, and relate to in the same way. Discovered and categorized by Paul Ekman and his colleagues at the University of California in San Francisco, the universal emotional expressions are joy, surprise, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and contempt. Here is how they can be identified: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinse ... 3f3e6d5314
Joy: The muscles of the cheeks raise, eyes narrow, lines appear at the corner of the eyes, the corners of the mouth turn up.
Surprise: The eyebrows raise, there is a slight raising of upper eyelids and dropping of the lower jaw.
Sadness: The eyelids droop as the inner corners of the brows raise and (in extreme sorrow) draw together, and the corners of the lips pull down.
Anger: The eyebrows are pulled together and lowered, the lower eyelid is tensed, the eyes glare, and the lips tightened, appearing thinner.
Fear: The eyebrows draw together and raise, the upper eyelid raises, the lower eyelid tenses, and the lips stretch horizontally.
Disgust: The nose wrinkles, the upper lip raises, and the corners of the mouth turn down.
Contempt: The only unilateral expression. The cheek muscles on one side of the face contract, one corner of the mouth turns up.
