Well, it helps an awful lot if you can first read and write English. This ability makes it much easier to study and memorize your lines. Once you have your part of the script down pat, then you can really get "into" your character, and really start to act. See? What a joker you are pikapoka!
2006-10-16 09:18:43
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answered by Desi 7
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One thing that I find helpful, as an actor of many years, is that when you are studying your lines it is very helpful to actually say them aloud. Just thinking your lines is not enough. Muscular memory is very helpful in getting through difficult passages. Also, breaking a longer section of speech down into beats or distinct thoughts or phrases can also be helpful in navigating complex language. Also, if you are in between working on show picking up a Shakespearean monologue or any monologue and working on it will help you hone your memorization skills. Also, finding someone to sit down and run lines with you is often helpful. Make sure they stop you if a single word is wrong. Just getting the gist of a speech is not enough. Your job is to convey the speech as it is written. It may seem like nitpicking. But sticking as close to the script as possible also helps in memorizing as you start to learn exactly what to say instead of 'then i say something kind of like this.'
2006-10-16 09:39:52
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answered by coreander 4
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You have to forget about being you and become your character. To remember the line just sit back and relax and read of the script like you would a book. Make cue cards and see how much you can remember after a few days.
2006-10-24 08:27:07
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answered by confused 1
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I have to sit and ask people what each ine means... especially if there are words I don't normally use. The character actually talks like that, and you have to be the character. But in order to remember it all, I have to understand what is being said, how it fits into the scene, and how it "matches" that character to use such words and complex speech.
I would,'t be able to remember it if I wasn't actually the character really saying it.
2006-10-16 09:07:36
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answered by toaster4 4
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They memorize it until they are comfortable with the lines. There are many techniques for memorizing lines, each actor has/her own way of learning lines.
2006-10-24 06:31:37
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answered by newyorkgal71 7
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