+446 One of the most common tricks in acting is to falsify emotion by conjuring up past emotionally involved events, such as your frst date or someone passing away. In light of this, it's understandable why some actors and actresses have melt-downs. They constantly have to revisit terrible moments in their life for their trade, and after a while this could be detrimental to anyone, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is very well thought out.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Which is why I prefer the Meisner technique.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Id like to spend a day in your mind ,

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hm, never thought about that. Interesting~

by Anonymous 13 years ago

True, but it's also a lot of pressure. If you're famous you will hear about it for months if you make one mistake. If not you're constantly trying to prove yourself as a good actor and get better parts. I also think every actor is a little insane. Btw I'm an actor who just came from a drama competition.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I had a moment like that once where I was performing a monologue for the play I was in. I was playing a young man (it's modern theater, we cross cast) who had come across a dead body. At the time something bad had just happened to me, and I was letting my own personal emotions creep into this already very dark set of lines. I can't possibly replicate or express the way I performed it, because the mindset I was in was just... so strange. I had this huge amount of upset in me, and I put that into my "discovery" of this dead body. Real acting is incredibly complicated. There's a part of you that WANTS to have that breakdown on stage, because it will be applauded as a raw and real performance. You don't want to half-ass it, because shallow mimicry of emotions is reserved for Disney channel and high school musicals. But there's that other half that's afraid if you go that far you'll never resurface.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm going to read this again when it's not two in the morning.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

interesting analysis, smart :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago