Pretend To Be Someone Who...

[darkemeralds]

Who knows something about acting?

It's part of a mental exercise I'm doing: "Pretend To Be Someone Who [fill in the blank]". This week's selection: "Is A Good Actor."

I've done some performing, mostly musical, but acting--real acting, the art and craft of it--is an unknown. More or less completely opaque.

So, have you ever done it? Do you understand it? What's the most important thing about it? How would you define it for someone who has no concept of it? Any good books, articles, videos on the subject that you'd recommend?

Comments

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Good point about the film influence. (And, of course, for many fandoms our canon is a TV show or movie rather than a book or comic.)

As for the Beaverton Powell's, I was there on a business trip. I had some time to kill, and had the hotel shuttle drop me off at the mall. I could see the Powell's sign directly across from me...with nothing in between but a drop of about 20 feet and a seven-lane highway.

Anyway, I hiked along the highway for about half a mile where there was a crossing, completely ruining my shoes in the process, then hiked back to Powell's and had the hotel shuttle pick me up there.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad you've been to the main one once--nothing suburban can quite compare to the organic, piecemeal quality of the mothership.

I don't believe I've ever seen a seven-lane highway. :)