Q. It is occasionally necessary for me to pretend to be asleep. What technique do actors use, when feigning death or sleep, to ensure their eyeballs are still and their eyelids do not flutter?
— Name withheld, Hampshire
A. To pre-empt fluttering, let the actual eyeballs look downwards behind the closed lids.
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