Fake Crying
Fake Crying
#0Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 8:52pmHow do you do it? I can make the sounds btu my facoial expressions look more like I'm dying and no tears. Any tips?
#1re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 8:55pmThink of somethine really really sad. Something that would really make you cry. And if you have a hard time of it, go really really deep. Unless you're playing a character, then I would suggest you just really feel for your character and imagine yourself in his/her situation.
#2re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 8:55pmwhat a request
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#3re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 8:56pmI've heard of people pinching themselves or thinking horrible thoughts to get themselves to cry. It might be something you need to practice.
#4re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 8:57pmI almost got it! I was reading two monologues-1) someone who just missed saving their best friend from commiting suicide 2)someone who's fatehr just died.
#5re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:00pmYeah. Just really put yourself into those roles. Imagine what your reaction would be if those things happened to you. (BTW- i apologize if those thing HAVE happened to you)
#6re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:01pmThey haven't, thank god. I'm starting to actually get into character and I'm still a bit choked up.
#7re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:01pmYou shouldn't cry in a monologue/scene unless you get a real impulse to do it. It comes off as fake most of the time. Don't do it unless it's real.
#9re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:03pm
hahahahaahaha
sorry that made me laugh My Fair Lady
#10re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:10pmLady, those momolauges (sp) are a bit depressing, no?
#12re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/19/04 at 9:31pmMy personal preference is to ignore acting directions like that. It distracts the actor from truly reacting to what is going on. I'm trained in Meisner, so that's where my ideas come from.
Racetrack
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#14re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 12:48am
Well for one of my characters (coincidently Tamora from Titus Andronicus) my teacher told me to think of the problems going on in Iraq(beheadings and families asking for their loved ones lives). My teacher was telling me that this monologue described the situations happening today quite well. And evidently it worked. I cried. I couldn't get passed "Stay Roman bretheren!" and I burst into tears, but still in character. If you can find the right place to cry or whatever then do it. Keep in mind crying may detract from the scene.
Also I found a monologue from Stone Cold Dead Serious by Adam Rapp that makes me feel emotional.
I think if you're an emotional person(which I am) it may or may not be as easy to access that part of you. I say experiment and see what works for you. Just keep in mind that crying may detract from the scene or character sometimes.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 3:26amJust pull the hair in your nose, if you have any, and if not take a hanky and put some Vics Vapo rub on it and smear it under your eyes. You will tear up like that. Or you might just try acting.
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#16re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 3:52amyea u shouldnt cry unless it actually really comes to you. even if it says so in the scene/mono dont do it unless u r really feeling it otherwise it really will come off as fake. i also am trained in meisner and the best way is to use ur own experiences or how u would feel if u were in that situation. but me being all emotional now as a young woman can just read a really sad story/scene/mono and tears will come to my eyes.....good luck!!! (try working off of someone else as well)
#17re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 9:05amThe best actors in the world are the ones who have no walls up between themselves and their audiences. Actors who wear their hearts on their sleeves. Being emotionally connected to the world around you and feeling everything fully is what it's all about - and LISTENING. The best thing an actor can do is to listen to his/her scene partner - listen for the clues given to you by the writer. Its all there. Just be open to it and whatever you do, for God's sake, don't TRY to create an emotional state if you are not truly feeling it. Let it come to you. Its like "anger" in a scene...the best way to play anger (or NOT play it, but BE it) is to get clear. focused. Anger is not about shouting or roughness. its about a cold, steadied, clear kind of focus you bring to the character. Acting is SO much less complicated than people want to make it out to be.
#18re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 9:39amThing of Dubya for four more years. You'll shed real tears.
#20re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 10:04amOne of the best pieces of acting advice I ever received was, "Fighting back the tears is always more powerful than the tears themself."
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#21re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 10:13amthose stage directions are nothing more than suggestions.... you don't have to follow them at all if you don't want to.
#22re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 10:25am
I guess I am from the school of thought that while you are in character, you should BE in character. Whatever the character is feeling should be sad enough to proprel yourself into tears. If you aren't in character, and thinking about how you are going to make youself cry, then you aren't doing the part justice. Get onstage, and BE the person you are playing. More times then less, you will be able to pull of a real cry, b/c you are actually feeling their pain.
I was told in many an acting class to not bring any of your own feelings into a crying scene.
#23re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 11:40amIt can become dangerous if your "element of truth" for the piece is something very personal, such as a deceased parent. It's best not to choose something like that.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
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