Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.
If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.
Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.
It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.
Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.
For me really good acting is about subtext.
With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. There's a whole part of your brain that's off duty.
Acting is not just impersonating your character.
I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that, and the words that are on the page, depending on how it's written, can really help your character develop.
All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.
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