How does Actors/Actresses produce tears instantly while acting?

Question

I have a dramatic tean in the school. We are not doing very badly, but there is this challange that non of us have been able to pass.

WE CAN NOT CRY AND PRODUCE TEARS LIKE OTHER ACTORS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.

Is there a secret behind that, please could someone help review it?

Answer 1

Actors sometimes use glycerin drops

Answer 2

"Crying on Cue: Part I
by ActorTips Coach Janus
"It is required of me to break down whilst reading a monologue, and I am struggling with this proposal. If you could send me some tips on crying, I would appreciate it. Kind regards, Miss Tara"

FIRST, CONSIDER NOT CRYING

"Breaking down" does not necessarily mean crying. Watch TV News. Watch people in horrifying situations. Not all of them cry. Fighting hard not to cry is a great deal more moving than crying. The best coach I had told me NOT to cry. Leave the crying up to the audience. Fight the tears. It's much more effective.

Let the lower lip quiver. Fight it. Quiver. Fight. Clamp your lips tightly together (as if mimicking someone without teeth. (The opposite of pursing the lips.) Loosen lips. Look down. Raise cheekbones toward eyes. Blink back the tears. Stare. ALTERNATE all these suggested ways of being tearful without crying.

The problem with crying is that the character has to cry but not the actor. And that is TOUGH. In addition, there is nothing quite so damaging to the voice as a glob of stuff in the cords, making them unable to vibrate. Also difficult is "turning off" if you, the person, are "turned on." And the whole thing messes up your makeup.

BUT IF YOU INSIST

Use your most reliable coach (the mirror) and look at yourself crying. What does crying look like?

Try to stiffen the muscles in your eyes, open the eyes a bit wider and resist all temptation to blink. Start doing this several lines before the cry-on-cue line. That should do the trick. I assume some actors get so caught up in the script that they respond tearfully on cue.

On camera, the old-time tears were caused by an onion. (No lie.)

Read a marvelous short poem by Gerald Manley Hopkins "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child." The truth in that poem is so painful and brilliantly expressed that perhaps it will help you cry on cue. Nothing creates more tears than a truthful glimpse of the nature of nature. To be a better actor, read poetry, look at great paintings, listen to great music, and look at the stars late at night. These acts create a well of tears from which you can draw upon at will. "

Answer 3

Keanu Reeves always acts the same, no emotion at all. Pretty much all of those stupid Disney kids are terrible actors. Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Angeline Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Tom Hanks, and Kate Beckinsale are good at switching things up.

Answer 4

Its really not that hard, just take every bad incedent in your life and compile that all in to one. For example if you have ever had anyone pass on that you cared about, or a special friend that passed on such as a pet or anything think about how you felt when it happened, you could even think about past gf's/bf's that "broke your heart" just intensily think about that situation you went through and how you felt at that time and no matter what...a tear will come to your eyes. Granted you will have a bad feeling in your heart the rest of the day, but on screen infront of the cameras you will be a god/goddess. Just simply for your ability to grudge up old memories~!!!

Answer 5

It's pretty much a natural thing; my brother can and I can't. Why is this you ask? Interesting question...:

1. This may be a natural talent of forcing tears in your eyes, like I similarly mentioned earlier.
2. This person may have a lot of sadness "stored up" and therefore can easily force the tears out.
3. Relating to the possibility above, due to the stored up sadness and its memories that go with it, they can simply remember them making emotion evoke within themselves-- thus provoking tears at the right time.

This means you were clearly and deeply wrong about declaring in unecessary capital letters that we don't have this "gift".

Hope this answered you!

Answer 6

The secret behind it is to think of the saddest thing you can think of. Things like your new puppy getting run over, or your mom dying. That will help you cry real tears.

But as a movie making secret.... most actors in the movies aren't really crying. They have someone put saline or glycerin on thier cheeks right before the director says "action". you have to remember that movies are not live and they can "cut" as many times as they need to for the shot to look real

Answer 7

As an actor, I can say it happens two ways. One is "method" acting. That is when you think of something you know will make you cry.

Other times, I've had to cry on cue, and it's just about really feeling your character and being in tune with your character.

So different actors have different methods.

Answer 8

For one thing, they get several different takes and they have time to prepare for each scene. I've heard the eye drop thing (use eye drops to leak out and look like tears) but I think a lot of it is just natural. Just think of something that makes you want to cry. But, you can't really compare it to the movies. Live acting you only get one shot.

Answer 9

I don't know about secrets, but I'll tell you what.... If you focus all your energy on something hurts you, you'll want to cry, coz in an acting setting, you're only supposed to concentrate on the acting...so it's more likely to happen when you truly think away from the act and more like yourself for a moment.

Answer 10

I went to acting school, but they never taught us that. I do however have the ability to cry on cue. I just have to recall what hurts me most in life... or a sad time and the tears will come very easily. In fact, I have been able to bring myself to tears with in about 2 minutes doing this. Try to remember something sad, frustrating, hurtful... that happened in your life. Really see it and allow yourself to feel it again and the tears will come.

Answer 11

Lots of actors use a memory that will cause them to well up, others spray air on the eyeballs to make the eye tear, but the best ones will be in character, in the moment, and it happens naturally.