But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I will always have a stutter.
When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.
A script is so word-heavy, after trying to communicate so much verbally, I think you need a different outlet to give the verbal centre of your brain a chance to cool off.
I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
I am not a good cue card reader.
Normally, when I read a script, I read 30 pages, and then go have a cup of tea and come back. And then, I read 20 pages and go make a phone call, and then go back to it.
Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all.
For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.
Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter.
I didn't stutter when I was reading lines in a script. When I got away from myself, I didn't have that problem.