Being Encouraged To Experience It In Order To Act It
Oct 1st, 2009 by Alan Yu
There was an interesting comment from an acting teacher saying how as an actor we have to try and be as open minded as possible to experience many things in life in order to be able to act out these emotions in-front of the camera. Example, never been on this crazy amusement park ride? Do it to see how it feels like. Never went out with certain types of people? Do it to know what it is like.
This is a really debatable topic. For example, I personally don’t do drugs or drink alcohol. Therefore, should I start doing so just to see what it is like? Fortunately, I have never encountered a situation where there isn’t some kind of experience I can reflect with to adapt to a scenario in a story. You don’t need to literally eat a piece of you know what to know what it is like to put one in your mouth as an example.
