Day 9: "Acting"

Is stick-ability a good thing to actually have while acting?

In what I though I knew in acting you almost have to becomes someone else to become a character.  I don't do that and I can't do that.  What I can do is show the emotions of which I feel.  I can't fake sneaky, love, hate etc because the audience can tell that it is fake.  There is no need to pretend to look for people when I can actually look for people.  Tricking the brain is a key to acting.

After going through Metamorphosis auditions I can see the improvements I've made.  I knew that there is no way for me to fake certain stuff so why should I fake it.  I've stepped up to bravery of reading those odd poems first.  Last year I couldn't even think about going first and now I can do it.  Maybe I have more confidence but the reason I think I was able to face my fear is because I have learned that I can face fear.  I know why I fear and that I just need to go on.

After class yesterday I was upset that I was crying during class and I couldn't get the feeling out of my head.  Luke told me why, and now it makes sense that stickiness is okay.  It is good to be so sticky.  I have made step one happen, and now I just need to keep on fooling my self and not pretend to look when I can actually look.

If fooling my brain is as easy as it seems I could use this technique else where.  Maybe if I want to lie.  Isn't the key to a good lie just to think that it isn't a lie.  Not sure if I'm exactly right here, but it all makes more sense day by day.

Maybe this is similar to yesterday's post, but it all makes more sense now then it did then.