Blog 1#: My Personal Thoughts on Acting

Acting is an age old profession that is very hard to master, maintain, and ,mold. While it can be very manufactured (i.e Hollywood) it is important to remember that pure acting can do thing to the mind and body that cannot be taken for granted.

I say this because until yesterday I believed that all of it was fake. I believed that all acting was and all that actors were simply puppets for directors to toy with and all that was needed to make a good actor was a million retakes of a single person. I was wrong.

I quit my acting class in college. Through my pride and inability to change I delivered what could only be described as a performance that made Tommy Wiseau look good enough to win an Oscar delivered by Shakespeare. I won't go into detail for it still grates on my heart and pride. The metaphor is enough but I did leave a changed person.

Acting is hard and valuable. For those who are in the field of acting, learning to become an actor, or even thinking of becoming one: you have my ultimate respect. For those of you who think like a rewind in time ago I am not here to change your mind, I am just writing to say I changed mine.

Acting is beautiful. Through the use of word, sound, actions, and even the very mind itself an Actor can completely change the gravity of the story in a single second. And while there are hacks there are also artist. And you should pay attention to them, the artist, because they may tell you a story that you may never hear by the written word.

So pay attention next time. And always keep an open mind.

Thank you for reading - Afte