@@OrganicActing Yeah Make more videos!! I believe one day you’ll get where you deserve to be you’re so underrated but One thing you need to know is your videos are evergreen People will get here whenever they need help It’s not like skits and other types of videos It’s like DIY, tech and educational videos. Many actors would see your face when they need help with their craft.
They say there are a lot of people in Hollywood with talent. As a struggling actor for many years I thought so too as I saw many more skilled than I was. Until I had a real eye opening experience in a play I was in 20 years ago. From being in that play I discovered that actually nobody has much talent based on the performance of an actress in that play. This woman was the best actress I had ever seen. Her performance made all the academy award actresses I had ever seen in films put together look like nothing compared to this woman’s talent. We had rehearsed for months and a few days before the performance the lead actress got sick. The producers didn’t want to scrap the play so they held some quick auditions for a replacement. I was at the auditions when hundreds of actresses showed up. They were good but nothing special. One actress was given a ride by her older sister who sat watching the auditions. The director kept saying No, No you are playing an aging prostitute reflecting on the mistakes in her life. You are not believable. At a break the actress with the sister wanted to practice so she gave the script to her sister to work on it with her. It was like lightening once in a lifetime. The sister was unbelievable. Everyone, the director the producer the whole cast stopped and watched. The director asked the sister to read the lead part. She put the script down and said she didn’t need it as she had memorized it by listening to the women auditioning. She did the part cold with not having ever rehearsed it. It was unbelievable.Her acting, but it really was not acting, because she BECAME the prostitute, was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. After doing some of the lines she would stop and ask if it was ok if she did it again but change some of it because she said as written it was not how the real Lola would have responded. The writer was there and remarked she was actually improving the lines for the part. Everyone asked her how she did that. She said script only captured 80% of the character and when she acted and became the character she added the 20% that was missing to make Lola a whole person. The director immediately dismissed the other actresses auditioning for the part and said she had it. Then he said to her tell me the truth. NO actress in the entire world can do what you did without months of rehearsal but it was an original play never done before so she couldn’t have seen the script before. Everyone asked how did she do it. She said when she was 7 years old her mother took her to a broadway play. On seeing it once she memorized all the songs in it and performed them on the subway coming home. She said people clapped then asked her to do some of the speaking parts. She did the lead actress then did it again and added some lines because she said that was not what she thought the character would say. She then told everyone she went to see Sweeney Todd with her sister. She said the actress doing Mrs. Lovett was terrible and was just a funny caricature of the real Mrs. Lovett. The real person was a much darker evil person. Everyone then asked her to do Mrs. Lovett. She did and I have never been so scared in my whole life. I was afraid to turn my back on her after that because I was afraid. On the day of the performance of the play only about 20 people showed up and there was only one performance. This woman’s performance was earth shattering. All the actors and actresses in the play said they gave the best performance of their lives due to acting with her. I had some lines with her and it was the best acting I ever did in my life due to interacting with her. They said she lifted the whole company up. After the play all she could do was console her sister that she didn’t get the part. She told her sister I am a language teacher and do acting for fun. I have never seen anyone ever before or since with a hundredth of the acting talent this woman had. She has never been in a single movie or TV show. If she had she would put everybody to shame with her amazing unique talent. This woman really IS the one in a million. The highlight of my whole life was reading my 5 lines with her.
@@OrganicActing This fantastic actress who was the best I have ever seen is a language teacher who teaches Spanish and French beginning, intermediate and advanced. Students she has say she is the best teacher they ever had and motivated them to learn by acting out dialog printed in the text book. I sat in on one of her classes, a French class, and she was acting like a talking parrot to teach French. You would swear it was a real parrot talking. I just wish she could be in one tv show or movie so people could see her amazing talent like none other I have seen in my life.
I think acting is definitely a shared experience - you need other people to work with and respons to. You can practice alone, however. The more you practise, the better you get. Yes, just like muscle memory!
Are you an experienced actor or just starting out on your journey? What advice do you have to share with the community?
The video I needed right now! I appreciate you so much for this. The Networking part mainly
Fantastic dose of reality. So important to have another life and interests outside of acting. 👌
Yes. If only I learnt that sooner when I came out of Drama school...!
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It's great to see so many new videos!
I'm trying to keep at it and make it a habit! Thank you.
@@OrganicActing Yeah Make more videos!! I believe one day you’ll get where you deserve to be you’re so underrated but One thing you need to know is your videos are evergreen People will get here whenever they need help It’s not like skits and other types of videos It’s like DIY, tech and educational videos. Many actors would see your face when they need help with their craft.
That's a very wise and kind thing to say. Thank you.
what a great video, so well balanced! Thank you I really enjoy your videos
Thanks!
They say there are a lot of people in Hollywood with talent. As a struggling actor for many years I thought so too as I saw many more skilled than I was. Until I had a real eye opening experience in a play I was in 20 years ago. From being in that play I discovered that actually nobody has much talent based on the performance of an actress in that play. This woman was the best actress I had ever seen. Her performance made all the academy award actresses I had ever seen in films put together look like nothing compared to this woman’s talent. We had rehearsed for months and a few days before the performance the lead actress got sick. The producers didn’t want to scrap the play so they held some quick auditions for a replacement. I was at the auditions when hundreds of actresses showed up. They were good but nothing special. One actress was given a ride by her older sister who sat watching the auditions. The director kept saying No, No you are playing an aging prostitute reflecting on the mistakes in her life. You are not believable. At a break the actress with the sister wanted to practice so she gave the script to her sister to work on it with her. It was like lightening once in a lifetime. The sister was unbelievable. Everyone, the director the producer the whole cast stopped and watched. The director asked the sister to read the lead part. She put the script down and said she didn’t need it as she had memorized it by listening to the women auditioning. She did the part cold with not having ever rehearsed it. It was unbelievable.Her acting, but it really was not acting, because she BECAME the prostitute, was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. After doing some of the lines she would stop and ask if it was ok if she did it again but change some of it because she said as written it was not how the real Lola would have responded. The writer was there and remarked she was actually improving the lines for the part. Everyone asked her how she did that. She said script only captured 80% of the character and when she acted and became the character she added the 20% that was missing to make Lola a whole person. The director immediately dismissed the other actresses auditioning for the part and said she had it. Then he said to her tell me the truth. NO actress in the entire world can do what you did without months of rehearsal but it was an original play never done before so she couldn’t have seen the script before. Everyone asked how did she do it. She said when she was 7 years old her mother took her to a broadway play. On seeing it once she memorized all the songs in it and performed them on the subway coming home. She said people clapped then asked her to do some of the speaking parts. She did the lead actress then did it again and added some lines because she said that was not what she thought the character would say. She then told everyone she went to see Sweeney Todd with her sister. She said the actress doing Mrs. Lovett was terrible and was just a funny caricature of the real Mrs. Lovett. The real person was a much darker evil person. Everyone then asked her to do Mrs. Lovett. She did and I have never been so scared in my whole life. I was afraid to turn my back on her after that because I was afraid. On the day of the performance of the play only about 20 people showed up and there was only one performance. This woman’s performance was earth shattering. All the actors and actresses in the play said they gave the best performance of their lives due to acting with her. I had some lines with her and it was the best acting I ever did in my life due to interacting with her. They said she lifted the whole company up. After the play all she could do was console her sister that she didn’t get the part. She told her sister I am a language teacher and do acting for fun. I have never seen anyone ever before or since with a hundredth of the acting talent this woman had. She has never been in a single movie or TV show. If she had she would put everybody to shame with her amazing unique talent. This woman really IS the one in a million. The highlight of my whole life was reading my 5 lines with her.
Thank you for sharing. It's great that you were able to experience that, however briefly.
@@OrganicActing This fantastic actress who was the best I have ever seen is a language teacher who teaches Spanish and French beginning, intermediate and advanced. Students she has say she is the best teacher they ever had and motivated them to learn by acting out dialog printed in the text book. I sat in on one of her classes, a French class, and she was acting like a talking parrot to teach French. You would swear it was a real parrot talking. I just wish she could be in one tv show or movie so people could see her amazing talent like none other I have seen in my life.
Hello sir, is it possible to develop as a good actor alone? I'm a beginner btw. And do you become good at acting by muscle memory just like singing?
I think acting is definitely a shared experience - you need other people to work with and respons to. You can practice alone, however.
The more you practise, the better you get. Yes, just like muscle memory!
Thanks for the reply man! I hope I can work with other aspiring actors too.
How old were you when you started acting?
I suppose... 15 years old when I started to take it seriously.
Wow man, did u get any roles on tv? I'm 20 btw and i feel like I'm too old for acting and that I should've started when i was younger😭