theatre book called Exploring Theatre
2006-12-17 14:48:03 · 13 answers · asked by DaVonte S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I don't think you have got to believe in 'what' you are so much as be able to see the part through the characters eyes. You don't have to believe in the devil to play him in Faust.
2006-12-17 14:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Lon Chaney, a silent screen actor says it best: "You don't have to live the part, just act it. The point is not for you to cry, make your audience cry. You have to be in control of yourself"
The real key is not believing in the situation but rather commiting to the situation, making it feel urgent and importent so that those around you feel the same. It's like when you start laughing just because others are laughing, you understand the feeling of the others even if you don't believe or undertstand what was funny.
2006-12-19 00:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ashley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actor's belief in what he/she does onstage is directly related to the audience's ability to suspend their own disbelief and INVEST in the performance.
This quality, which is something that ALL quality actors possess, is called many things: commitment, belief, concentration, investment...ultimately, what we're talking about is the performer's willingness to be fully SEEN and HEARD and KNOWN in the context of a performance. It's risky business, and a great many talented would-be actors are reluctant to go to that place.
2006-12-18 11:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't believe in what you are doing, then the audience won't either. You won't look believable on stage. And when you're not believable, the whole feel of the play is lost and then it looks like a bunch of kids pretending on a stage.
2006-12-20 01:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by xxthespianxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actors are paid to convince the audience that the characters they portray are realistic, or at least relatable. Actors must convince themselves that their characters are believable before that can carry over onto the audience.
2006-12-17 22:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by chronic-what-cles of narnia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe it, and you are the one that sees all the "behind the scenes magic", then the audience, who knows as much about backstage as a cow knows how to win a horserace, will believe it too.
2006-12-17 22:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It helps your ability to capture the emotions of the moment. You would be much more convincing as an actor if you believed in it.
2006-12-17 22:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It helps with concentration and living in the moment.
2006-12-17 23:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by ROBERT L O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just relate to whatever you are doing in life as opposed to 'just the stage' so that you can be anything you want to be. Simple
2006-12-17 23:36:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't believe in it how do you expect the audience to?
2006-12-17 22:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋