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Fake Crying
#25re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 1:15pm
Exactly, their needs to be a separation between yourself and your character. If you are doing 8 shows a week, and thinking about your dead father and how much you miss him to cry each time, you are going to turn yourself into one depressed person.
Trust me, I've used that exact example before I learned the "BE" the character method, and it helps soo much more.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#27re: Fake Crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 2:14pm
I believe I went to college with that actress.
She kept a bag of onions off stage and would exit, sniff and well up. I loved her.
And yes, Virginia, you do need to learn how to fake it. Cause some nights you're just not gonna have it. So ya better be able to fake it convincingly.
#28re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 2:22pmyou'd better listen to him, he's pre-med.
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etoile
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
#29re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 2:55pmOh robbie, I would explain to you about women and faking it, but I know you have no need for THAT type of knowledge.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#31re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 3:43pm
"Thing of Dubya for four more years. You'll shed real tears."
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#32re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 4:12pm
Rather than actually crying, try to keep from crying. Keep going through the onset. Never stop and cry.
This little trick was related by Hume Cronyn in his memoir. Those watching you will have far more sympathy for your plight if you try to keep a stiff upper lip and all that.
And if I think of Mr. Bush for 4 more years I shall not weep. Vomit, yes, but no tears.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#33re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 5:07pmIve seen some sucky onstage crying and some crying that was so real it moved me to tears. Chava in the FIDDLER revival was an awful cryer IMO.
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#34re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 5:10pm
I've been fortunate, in that, whenever I have needed to cry onstage it occured organically based upon experimentations during the the rehearsal process.
Never had a director say to me...."And at this moment, I need tears."
Usually I take some risks at rehearsals if they seem appropriate to the moment, and the tears come...and through emotional recall and repetition they eventually happen on cue.
But...sometimes you falter...and you have to technically produce them. My eyes water whenever I yawn, so I try to replicate that sensation while keeping my mouth closed.
But if you can't produce them emotionally or technically...don't try. It just looks awful.
Updated On: 12/21/04 at 05:10 PM
#35re: fake crying
Posted: 12/21/04 at 9:00pmBottom line: If you push it, the audience will know that you're acting.
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