Now think about how you would feel telling your friend that his girlfriend is dead. Imagine looking your friend in his eyes. Is your mouth faster or your brains? You might be staring and thinking about the best way to break the news. Would you break the news the same way to another friend? If you are entirely sincere about yourself, you probably wouldn't. But who am I to tell you what your truth is. Only you know how long it would take you to tell something like this to your friend. As an acting coach, I can only lead you to start imagining more details about this kind of situation. The more precise the details ‘suggested circumstances' as Stanislavsky or ‘choices' as Americans would say) the longer pause an actor can hold. The longer the pause, the more suspense an actor creates. And that is one of the most essential characteristics of a strong actor.