For questions about the profession or techniques of acting in movies and television.
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How do actors memorize extremely long scripts?
I have always wondered, how do actors memorize very long scripts? Do they somehow read them or is it an absolute must to have an incredible memory to become an actor?
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The most roles played by the same actor in a movie?
What is the most distinct roles played by the same actor within a single movie?
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How do actors avoid looking into the camera?
When I am watching movies I seem to never catch actor's direct look into the camera. If you ever being filmed you will know how difficult it is to avoid the camera pointed at you and I can only imagine how many of those cameras are involved during…
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The most actors playing the same role in one movie?
The most roles played by the same actor in a movie? is an interesting question, so I'm wondering about the opposite: Which movie-character was played by the most amount of distinct actors in a single movie?
An example would be the typical childhood…
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What is the meaning of "crossover actress"?
I find this word in "Personal life and off-screen work" section of Actress "Mélanie Laurent" wikipedia article:
In a 2009 interview, she explained that she does not have ambitions
to be a crossover actress.
What does it mean?
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Which actor/actress has played the largest number of distinct actual persons in tv / cinema?
I was wondering which actors / actresses have played an unsual large number of different actual (historical) persons in during their entire career.
Multiple appearances as the same character do only count once. So playing Cleopatra in 15 movies…
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How do actors while doing a scene focus on their scene regardless of having a crowd in their surroundings?
I have been in the surroundings of one or two movie sets and seen that despite having so much crowd surrounding the actors they perform most of their act easily.
I wonder how they focus on the scenes without losing focus or looking around in the…
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Method acting - characters from different time periods
After reading about Daniel Day-Lewis method acting in Lincoln and Gangs of New York, it got me wondering when filming stops and he stays in full character between takes does he look and all surprised at and all this future technology, or does he…
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Is William Shatner's acting style unique?
William Shatner's acting style is legendary. Exaggerated, and randomly pausing or emphasising words for no apparent reason.
I've heard it said that his style is because he was trained in stage acting. He needed to be seen and heard by people at the…
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How do actor-actresses avoid bacterial and viral infections?
Films and TV shows feature a lot of kisses, French kisses, and sometimes simulated sex scenes.
How do actor-actresses avoid bacterial and viral infections?
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