Acting is ______

#1

Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:33am

fill in the blank

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#2

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:34am

reacting!

#3

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:37am

an art.

#4

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:58am

honest human behavior within imaginary circumstances.

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Updated On: 1/26/06 at 10:58 AM

#5

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 11:06am

so much fun!

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No one is alone.

#6

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 11:10am

doing something in the pursuit of an objective in order to fulfill an urgent and immediate need.

#7

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 11:32am

the hardest profession in the world!

(from FAME...)

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#8

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 11:44am

...when a person creates a character that is or is not anything like them.

You guys took all the good ones!

#9

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 12:02pm

...is doing.

...is somethinge EVERYone on a stage MUST do--singers, dancers, whatever.

...is performing a series of actions in order to achieve a goal.

elphie--acting can be playing someone who is very much like you.

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#10

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 12:09pm

Acting is Life.

#11

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 12:39pm

simultaneously cathartic and painful

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#12

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 1:05pm

Meryl Streep.

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#13

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 1:17pm

A hell of a lot harder than most people think it is.

#14

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 2:16pm

...delicious.

#15

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 2:30pm

behavior

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"Inside every actor there is a Tiger, a Pig, an Ass, and a Nightingale. You never know which one is going to show up." -John Michael Higgins in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

#16

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 2:39pm

orgasmic

my anti-drug

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Updated On: 1/26/06 at 02:39 PM

#17

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 2:47pm

doing.

#18

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 3:29pm

acting is what i what to do with the rest of my life

#19

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 3:31pm

sexy.

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#20

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 3:39pm

...understanding emotion and possessing the ability to evoke it in others.

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Updated On: 1/26/06 at 03:39 PM

#21

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 3:54pm

finding a pencil.

#22

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 3:56pm

That's happiness, you twit :-P

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#23

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:00pm

But for some, acting is happiness. So if a scene calls for the character to look for a pencil, that would be nirvana.

#24

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:03pm

...more real than "real" life

...playing

...all about the voice

...pretending

...informed by your day

...about reflecting humanity

...an act

...creatively creating

...having a ball bullsh@&ing!

...the most important political act

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Updated On: 1/26/06 at 04:03 PM

#25

re: Acting is ______

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:06pm

Never having to say your sorry.