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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jun 17, 2007 1:41:37 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2007 3:46:11 GMT -4
thanks for the caps of Carrie. I do not understand how an actor can make him or herself cry. I was once told they put a liquid in their eyes to tear it up, but sometimes it looks just to real. I could never in a thousand years do that if you're suppose the conjure the tears yourself. This is why, among a thousand other reasons, I never went into acting. Carrie looks pretty believable in those screen caps.
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Post by benlinusisagoodguy on Jun 17, 2007 4:00:36 GMT -4
omg thank inside is my fav drools
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jun 17, 2007 12:53:10 GMT -4
thanks for the caps of Carrie. I do not understand how an actor can make him or herself cry. I was once told they put a liquid in their eyes to tear it up, but sometimes it looks just to real. I could never in a thousand years do that if you're suppose the conjure the tears yourself. This is why, among a thousand other reasons, I never went into acting. Carrie looks pretty believable in those screen caps. You think of something very traumatic. I think of losing my children. You really need to work yourself up. You are a bit of a mess once it is over. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2007 22:08:30 GMT -4
You think of something very traumatic. I think of losing my children. You really need to work yourself up. You are a bit of a mess once it is over. Yup, that's why I'm not an actor. Couldn't do it. I am amazed at those who can do that. |
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jun 17, 2007 22:11:43 GMT -4
And neither do I. Imagine those who have to do it day after day, week, after week.
I did it in college and community theater. Of all that I did, I loved musicals the best.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2007 22:15:35 GMT -4
And neither do I. Imagine those who have to do it day after day, week, after week. I did it in college and community theater. Of all that I did, I loved musicals the best. My one foray into theater was such a crashing failure, I resolved never to put myself in that position again. I really admire people who try to make a career out of it. It's like art (and music). Most of us don't see the thousands and tens of thousands who aren't making a living off it, yet do it because that's what they feel they should do. |
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jun 18, 2007 8:35:57 GMT -4
And neither do I. Imagine those who have to do it day after day, week, after week. I did it in college and community theater. Of all that I did, I loved musicals the best. My one foray into theater was such a crashing failure, I resolved never to put myself in that position again. I really admire people who try to make a career out of it. It's like art (and music). Most of us don't see the thousands and tens of thousands who aren't making a living off it, yet do it because that's what they feel they should do. No, most of us do not. But there are some actors who make decent living (not phenomenal), just decent. They act in regional theater, or they have their own little theater in some obscure town. Some do commercials, voiceovers, etc. Not everybody makes it to the megastardom. Josh Holloway was almost one of them. My daughter's good friend (Ty Giordano) is another. He won rave reviews in the Broadway production of Big River. He is deaf, and he was the lead. The show was amazing. There were actors signing and actors saying the lines for those who were signing. There were actors who both signed and spoke. Then he got a good part in the movie A Lot Like Love. The lead actor was Ashton Kushner (whom Ty just raved about). Then he got a really, really good part in Family Stone. He got parts in two TV shows: Out of Practice (now defunct) and What about Brian (also defunct). And now, he finds it hard to get gigs. And the newspapers once called him the deaf Tom Cruise. He says he made so much money on the two movies, that he is able to make it during the drought. He is trying to write a script now. Nope, not everybody makes it. Now, my girlfriend's son, Brad Nacht, is doing very well. He was in the Full Monty and The Producers. Here's his bio: BRAD NACHT (Roger DeBris/U.S. Max) hails from Damascus, MD and is a graduate of Catholic University in Washington, DC. Brad was most recently seen as Dave in the national tour of The Full Monty. Favorite roles: Kiss Me, Kate (Fred); The Fantasticks (El Gallo); South Pacific (Emile De Beque). Brad sends his love to his family in MD, and to his best girl Happy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2007 14:37:49 GMT -4
yeah, we have a number of actors here who I even know of (if I hear their name to prompt my memory) who appear in the productions in the area I live in Twin Cities (Guthrie is prolly the best known out of here), so I know it can be done.
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Post by gem10 on Jun 18, 2007 17:21:56 GMT -4
I do alot of acting in The Gaeity. I was asked to cry once but it was as a whole group so everybody just opened up and started to really cry hard with tears streaming and all. That was the only time I porposely cried. It really takes something to cry in a play or movie or any form of performance, it's really a credit to the actor's/actress' ability  |
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Post by Henry Gale on Jun 18, 2007 18:35:08 GMT -4
I can tear up on cue, but the tears never seem to want to stream down my face. On the other hand, my sister can do that perfectly - until she cracks up, that is.
My throat and nose clog up properly, too, when I try to cry; I'm really proud of that. *beams*
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Post by henryrocks on Jun 18, 2007 23:13:07 GMT -4
My dad's been having trouble with his tear ducts for some time now (been to a couple doctor appts). I keep teasing him that if he ever wants to audition for something, this is the time. Crying = effortless, baby. Only problem is the tears come down randomly  Maybe you could pretend to just be really emotional ;D That's part of why I admire little Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider so much. In that stage scene she goes to a place that adult actors usually spend their careers trying to achieve. It had to have been what clinched her Oscar nom. (And if you think it was all the director manipulating her - dude, watch her final audition tape on the DVD [may or may not be an easter egg.] It's even more impressive.  ) Other good genuiner cryers: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote; 4-year-old Victoire Thivisol, for Ponette (she won Best Actress in the Venice Film Festival for it). |
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Post by Henry Gale on Jun 18, 2007 23:33:58 GMT -4
That's what I usually do - I get really emotional. Especially when I'm doing the 'Pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth' soliloquy in front of my bathroom mirror. LoL.
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Post by gem10 on Jun 19, 2007 9:11:22 GMT -4
You sound like a great actor! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2007 2:49:34 GMT -4
The reason your nose runs when you cry is because your tears drain into the nose through the nasolacrimal duct. I've had it plug up on me. It's a common among babies, so the doctor got a real kick out of handing me instructions to parents on massaging baby's nose to open up the duct. I also get a lot ear infections and the docs get a charge out that too, although they do treat it, but I think they like to remind that most people outgrow the problem.
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Maybe you could pretend to just be really emotional ;D That's part of why I admire little Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider so much. In that stage scene she goes to a place that adult actors usually spend their careers trying to achieve. It had to have been what clinched her Oscar nom. (And if you think it was all the director manipulating her - dude, watch her final audition tape on the DVD [may or may not be an easter egg.] It's even more impressive. 
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