Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.
The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.
You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft.
I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
An actor without an audience is rehearsing.
I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!