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My First Day As A Thespian
Yesterday was my first day of acting class. I only heard the phrase “in the moment” twice and “craft” once so in three and a half hours I think I can accept that rate of occurrence. Today I already found myself studying the actors on The West Wing in a different way (for those not following my “tweets”I have mowed down 4 seasons of The West Wing on DVD in the last 3 weeks). Most of those actors have honed their craft and are constantly in the moment so I guess I will continue to study them as I hone my craft and try to get in the moment, preferably while being courageous and bold in my acting.
In this repetition/improv drill we were doing yesterday I was told my observational skills were very good, but that my responses were too stiff and unemotional) anybody casting bodyguards and large robots – I am available). I then had to tell my teacher that I studied under Keanu Reeves for three years so she will have to undo that training. To help me loosen up my teacher had me do the repetition drill, with a female partner, but with our noses touching throughout the exercise. I had a few thoughts during this exercise:
- I am glad I did not drink a muscle milk before class and am glad that I no longer have a cold so that my breath wouldn’t kill my partner.
- Just having my nose touching the nose of a woman during an acting exercise made me realize how awkward sex scenes must be in movies. I would say porn would be even more awkward except a lot of those people stopped having feelings midway through the gang rape/molestation/abandonment-issue-repression that drove them to their current career so it may not be that awkward for them.
- I am a better comedian than actor.
Well, that is all I have for today. If James Lipton is reading this my favorite curse word is cu_t.
Go Magic.