Over the years I have waxed and waned on acting. I have wanted to be an actor or some kind of performer but there is this whole thing where I hate people. I just don't like being around people or standing in front of people and asking them to love me. It just seems weird. I mean I want so badly to be a stand up comedian but I am too afraid to even do my routine in front of my friends. I sit and watch comedian after comedian trying to find out how they do it. I just don't understand.
I have read books about stand up and watched movies where people are talking about how hard stand up is and all that jazz. I don't want to be famous for it I just want to make people laugh. I love doing that and if once or twice a month I could do it I would be happy but along with that comes a little bit of acting. I mean I could just stand up there talking as myself and about myself but I don't think that is what people want. They want me to be a sort of character like maybe an over exaggerated version of myself or maybe a super angry version. Well it doesn't matter what they want me to be I would have to act.
When I see movies with my favorite actors I wonder how on earth they do it. When I watch Tom Hanks in Cast Away I am blown away by how I feel that he is really that person. I am behind him in Forest Gump and I believe for every second of that movie that he is slow and has an amazingly big heart. I just don't think that I could ever convince someone that I am someone else for a long period of time. I mean I don't think I could ever be a Tom Hanks but even where I sit right now I don't even think I can swing a Keanu Reeves.
How do you become an actor? Is it something that can really be taught or do you have to have a certain amount of natural talent? When I look at some of the people that are on TV shows I wonder this a lot. I mean there are a ton of bad actors on TV and I do say to myself and out loud that I could act better than that but do I really think that? Or could I really do it? These questions I guess don't really have easy answers. If you, the reader, have answers please to let me know!
I guess this blog is a little lacking but hey, they all can't be gold! ;)
I have read books about stand up and watched movies where people are talking about how hard stand up is and all that jazz. I don't want to be famous for it I just want to make people laugh. I love doing that and if once or twice a month I could do it I would be happy but along with that comes a little bit of acting. I mean I could just stand up there talking as myself and about myself but I don't think that is what people want. They want me to be a sort of character like maybe an over exaggerated version of myself or maybe a super angry version. Well it doesn't matter what they want me to be I would have to act.
When I see movies with my favorite actors I wonder how on earth they do it. When I watch Tom Hanks in Cast Away I am blown away by how I feel that he is really that person. I am behind him in Forest Gump and I believe for every second of that movie that he is slow and has an amazingly big heart. I just don't think that I could ever convince someone that I am someone else for a long period of time. I mean I don't think I could ever be a Tom Hanks but even where I sit right now I don't even think I can swing a Keanu Reeves.
How do you become an actor? Is it something that can really be taught or do you have to have a certain amount of natural talent? When I look at some of the people that are on TV shows I wonder this a lot. I mean there are a ton of bad actors on TV and I do say to myself and out loud that I could act better than that but do I really think that? Or could I really do it? These questions I guess don't really have easy answers. If you, the reader, have answers please to let me know!
I guess this blog is a little lacking but hey, they all can't be gold! ;)