Mar 30 2009
Putting On Our Character
The funny part about acting is that you take a normal person and they have to become a character. They take a room full of actors/actresses and they weed out the ones who do the least impressionable audition and then narrow it down to the one person who can best redesign their real them for the new them on paper.
When scripts are written for us, we often find ourselves reading off a script that wasn’t designed for us. It’s easy to say that the best actors and actresses can conform to play any role. In saying that, however, you have to also assume that you are never getting a decent glimpse of the true person behind the character on display.
Take for example, Reese Witherspoon. For the most part, Reese plays “sweetheart” roles. In real life, I imagine she is probably mostly sweet with just a bit of butt kick to her.
In real life, when we are thrown into a position that doesn’t suit us or isn’t what we want for ourselves we are left doing a poor imitation because our hearts do not feel enough passion for the position.
Everyday, we get up and we write our own script. We do hair and makeup; dress ourselves to best suit the character we choose to be. What character shall I be today?
yeah that sounds about right, but I get up, get kids up for school or daycare, take oldest to bus stop, and youngest to daycare and then come back home to try to get some housework done, lol.