do you have any ideas !!? 10 points for best answer !?

Question

im in a school play and in the end i should cry..?
i trained myself but it doesnt work everytime,and if it does work it takes me a long time to shed a single tear !!? any ideas how to do it ?! i dont want any onion or anything because the stage is really close to the crowd ..
please and thank you !

Answer 1

I was always taught to think of the nicest person or pet that I was most emotionally attached to - and then imagine that person or animal dying.

Either that or a touch of glycerine in your eyes will always work (and it's easier to carry on stage than an onion!).

Answer 2

Well, honestly, onions are a silly idea in the first place.

While it doesn't always work, I'd say, a lot of people think about sad things.

Mentally, you should be prepared with a significantly sad thought. Think about how sad you'd be if ____ happened. Recall a movie that made you cry (I recommend All Dogs go to Heaven, Charlotte's Web, Dragonheart, or some movie that you remember being affected by during childhood).

Try thinking of something that is personally sad to you, like losing someone you love. Think about the most heart wrenching situation possible, like watching someone you love commit suicide violently through the window in a door, and not being able to get in. How's that for sad? If that doesn't work, you're far too internally jaded to be acting. :P

Answer 3

Fake crying is kind of a "pet peeve" with me. People in real life try to suppress tears, usually, out of embarrassment or fear of looking vulnerable.

So trying to summon tears is unnatural. Try to focus on your character and her need in the scene. If the tears don't come, you can still convey grief, shock, or whatever your character is experiencng.

Sometimes mere stillness is effective onstage. But just focusing on that big moment where you need to shed a tear will take you out of the scene.

Answer 4

You are focusing on crying too much. Listen to what your character is saying and what others are saying to you. Relate and react to what is going on in the scene itself. If you are really in the moment and listening to the lines then the tears will come naturally. You can't force it.

Answer 5

What don't you think of something that always makes you cry?
I heard that it works. Just concentrate real hard, and it might come. You might want to practice it in order for it to work for you.
Hope I was of help. Good luck with the play.

Answer 6

If you over practice it, you may not be able to cry. The problem is, whatever you do to emotionally get yourself into a state where you can cry, do it enough times, and you get over it and aren't so emotional about it anymore.

Talk to your director. There are things you can use, liquids that will induce tears, that you can dip a handkerchief into. You put it near your eyes and they water, etc.

Answer 7

Don't act like you're crying.

Don't think it is just a play.

Think the play is real life... say the lines as you really mean it.

You are not you. You are the character. Have to make that
character comes alive.

Answer 8

2 tricks people use 4 this

a. wrap in a handkerchief a small squeeze bottle(like a thing of Visine) filled with water & use it to add tears to your eyes whilst pretending to wipe them.(practice it a lot before doing it on stage)
b. think of something tragic that is guarranteed to make you sad enough to cry(this however can be very distracting whilst trying to act

Good luck

Answer 9

Think of the saddest thing you ever endured, that usually works...if not, then rub a lil bit of vapor rub under the eyes, the fumes will make you cry.

Answer 10

I think you should concentrate more on the "sobbing" part rather than the tears, I dont think ppl would even notice them unless a camera was focusing on your face.