This essay explores the perspective of helpfulness versus non-helpfulness from text learning to performance on stage and for the screen, through the actor’s and director’s point of view. It introduces my background and the background of why and how this title and terminology developed, it explores acting, its process, what it is and what one does. It explores and tries to dig into what directing is in theater and in film, and what the director does in various processes and in various formats. It then goes into a combination of the actor's and director's process and lays out a way through which that I have chosen to explore this and giving it a practical approach. It takes a look at the role of the rehearsal for stage and screen, looking at its benefits, its standard use in the industry, and presents exerciseses that were used to learn about when things are helpful and things are harmful. It then presents multiple projects used during these two years, rehearsals and productions of shortfilms and plays, with some stills included from the finished short films. It then presents a conclusion followed by a reference list.