Being an actor actually seems somewhat complicated like what if your scene partner isn't sticking to the script and misses a line or word like how do you even move on from that it's actually confusing seeing these script to screen videos because they actually never get it 100% the same and even do things out of order which makes no sense to me
An experienced actor knows how to play off an adlib.
>>222338251acting is not hard, you just need to maintain a straight face and a steady voicethere is a great documentary series online that talks about how to play shakespeare but it can be useful for actors in general https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VnxiW3oqk&list=PLboSQWmG70j_S2nWkRlncZYW49nLeFKWj
>>222338251just don't have autism, if you get into the part then improvising and reacting to something unexpected without breaking character is pretty easy
>>222338251It's not complicated, it's like anything you either have the ingredients to do it or you don't. You can either be a character or you cannot. Nepotism giving untalented people roles and careers aside, modern acting schools, film studios and theaters have ruined the craft and are run by academics and theorists who couldn't get into the house of theater and film any other way. I've seen it first hand.
>>222338412There's a good story in Joe Esterhas' memoir about how his ex-wife sued him to get a chunk of the money he made off his (future?) screenplays, claiming that he got the ideas or inspiration when they were living together, or that she contributed to his journey to being a famous screenwriter he is today or something like that. That's after Joe left behind their Malibu mansion (next to Sean Penn and with Bob Dylan across the street) and the usual shenanigans during their divorce. She even got numerous "experts" to support her argument, mostly "academics and theorists" and authors who supposed to have deep knowledge of the subject. The funny part was that Joe's lawyer brought nobody to the court. A very ballsy move but she was that confident of their chances. After listening to the lengthy explanations of the wife's so-called experts she just asked one question from every one of them during her turn: how many of your screenplays got made? That's it.I turned out literally two or three person had any writing credits in the industry and even those were "one episode in a TV show" level. I believe there was only one who got a low-budget movie or a random TV show nobody watched in their resume. Meanwhile Joe was breaking records left and right with his multi-million dollar scripts at Hollywood. And many of these people made a living off teaching at universities and writing books about the profession. Needless to say the ex-wife's case was dismissed.
