Memorizing Dialogue

When studying to play a part, have any one of you struggled with learning or adapting to the character when you find the dialogue/script or the character itself to be boring or not interesting? And esp. when its a run, as in weeks and weeks...how do you make it interesting for yourself? I could image that it might have an effective on your performance if you don't "like" the part you're playing, right?

I mean, how do you go about learning it when it isn't very interesting to you.

Updated On: 11/22/08 at 11:07 AM

It certainly is much harder to memorize a role that you aren't particularly excited about. Ya just gotta do it. Set aside time where you will make yourself memorize it and when you are done reward yourself with a favorite desert or something. As someone who has done about 40 plays and has both a B.A. and an M.F.A. in Acting (this June), I am always memorizing something.

As for actual performance...if you hate the show and/or your part, as the previous poster said, it's all part of acting. Hiding your boredom is sometimes part of your acting process!