Working out your physical objectives is both important, precise and difficult. Therefore when working them out you can't just sit down and imagine in your head what will fit with the piece, you need to get the piece on its feet and find out for yourself what your physical objectives are. It is all about trial and error; you aren't going to get it right the first time. Therefore you need to try out a variety of things and then decide, after working with them, what fits the piece best.
They are so important because they give you as an actor a purpose on stage. They allow you to connect physically as well as vocally to your character and your audience. It allows you to have a creative say into how you are going to present your character; someone can write you lines and give you direction but you are the only person who can discover what objectives work best for you and your character.
Your objective may change every time you do a scene. It should change because it shows that you are living in the moment and are committing to the character. If someone was doing the same scene as you and was performing the same character, you may both have two different objectives because as individual actors you will have a different creative outlook on the piece and will work better with different objectives.
Although strange, as an actor you wont need to act, because eventually playing an objective will be a creative instinct. If you are physically open your mind wont control you- your creative instincts will take over.
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