Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game.
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The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch-up.
You always want to be on top of the playbook. You always want to be refreshed with the plays, make sure you're on the same page with everyone else.
'Mnemonic' is a play about memory.
I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It's a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming.
Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.
One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.
There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things.
People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.
Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.