Time & Perspective Quote by Giovanni Morassutti

"Follow your body because most of the time it knows where to go" smuggles a whole acting philosophy into a line that sounds like everyday advice. Coming from an actor, it’s less about fitness-wellness platitudes and more about craft: the idea that the body isn’t a dumb vehicle for the mind, it’s a nervous system with memory, timing, and truth-detection built in. Onstage or on camera, you can think your way into stiffness; you can also rehearse yourself into dishonesty. The body, by contrast, registers the micro-signals first: the flinch, the pause, the instinct to lean in or pull back. Morassutti’s intent feels pragmatic, almost rehearsals-room language: stop forcing the moment and let the physical impulse lead.

The subtext is a quiet argument against our culture’s worship of control. "Most of the time" is the tell - it’s not mysticism, it’s probability. Your body isn’t infallible, but it’s often a better early-warning system than the story you’re telling yourself. It catches the stress you’re rationalizing, the attraction you’re editing, the boredom you’re masking with politeness.

Contextually, the line lands in an era where people are coached to optimize everything and distrust anything unquantified. Actors live at the opposite pole: they train to notice sensation and respond in real time. The advice doubles as an ethical prompt, too: if your body is recoiling, pay attention. If it’s opening, follow. That’s not anti-intellectual; it’s a reminder that cognition starts somewhere under the skin.