A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of time (in its infinite sense).

It was a long time since Henry had worked on the play, and he was impatient for rehearsals to begin.
— D. Lodge Author, Author

For the actor, time, along with space, always has to be considered. It’s in all our work in every shape and form. Maybe Time is the ultimate answer to all things.

To give instruction; to educate, teach, train; to impart knowledge or learning.

It seems an amazing thing that you didn't inform someone about this.
— P. Cheyney, They never say When (1944)

As an actor you need to inform yourself about the scene you’re playing and the business you’re in.

The mind's creativity and resourcefulness in using and inventing images, analogies, etc.; poetic or artistic genius or talent.

She moves in the higher realms of the creative imagination.  A. Noyes Pageant of Lett. 

All actors know how to access and use its great source of creativity. One of the four pillars of acting along with Memory, Immediate Response, and Observation.

The unconscious mind (or the unconscious) consists of the processes in the mind which occur automatically and are not available to introspection, and include thought processes, memories, interests, and motivations. Subconscious and unconscious are synonyms.

Unconscious creativity through conscious technique. Constantin Stanislavski

Making the affect of the unconscious on your acting a habit.

The power or act of seeing into a situation. The act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively.

When I have a creative insight, there is a high. Lauryn Hill

Consider things as they are, not as you think they are. You’ll develop insight that way.

The volume or dimensional extent that is, or may be, occupied by a particular thing. The physical or mental sphere within which a person lives or operates; a mental position or state of mind.

The reason why I can say that so boldly is because they give me my space. They let me be me.
- Gossip, 1981

All our conceptions are defined by conditions of time and space.
- Gospel of Life, B. F. Westcott

It can be many things – the actual place where we are acting with out fellow actors, the movie industry including agents, casting and producers, and the actor’s mind that grows with experience. Where we work, live and practice. It’s where we are. What we need to occupy.

The original record or minutes of a transaction, negotiation, examination…a formal or official statement of a proceeding. In extended use: the accepted or established code of behaviour in any group, organization, or situation.

Environmentalists want Clinton..to go further by encouraging the immediate negotiation of a protocol that would commit industrialized nations to a 25 percent reduction of greenhouse gases..by 2005.
Mother Jones, January, 1973

To be professional means to follow protocol. The actor’s protocol is set partially by the union agreement, movie-making precedent and set etiquette. When the protocol is broken professionalism is difficult to maintain.

Of or pertaining to an icon, image, figure, or representation…memorial statues and busts executed according to a fixed or conventional type.

The opening scene of Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece is one of the most iconic images in cinema history.  Empire, December, 2002

Many Hollywood movies are similar. As working actors we need to quickly recognize what is typical – iconic – in order to fulfil the writer’s idea.