Confrontation versus Discussion.

For example, the TV series Suits has a confrontational style to it which is quintessentially American in the mode of Teddy Roosevelt and his Roughriders marauding through Cuba in 1898.

That style still exists from then til now.

That icon of aggression is one you need to know to act in TV and movies.

The film High Noon written by Carl Foreman and starring Gary Cooper has brinkmanship in it’s climatic scene. Propagates that killing – or war – is both moral and inevitable.

Other characters in other TV genres discuss.

There is no underlying or final threat of death inherent in the writing. The characters are thinking it through and talking it through. 

Discussing is intellectual – mental. Confrontation is physical.

Love stories, relationship shows, political dramas the characters all think and talk through the problems. Talking heads.

There are two typical ways of solving a problem – confrontation and discussion. That’s reflected in the movies you act in.

These two methods of problem solving can also manifest themselves in the actual making of a movie.