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Mike Sheer: the same reason why I lose most of my chess games, thinking too much about oneself. :(
Mark Schoenberg: Terrific answer, Mike. Global self consciousness.
Mark Schoenberg: In the "real" world, we never miss a stimulus - we respond naturally to everything that affects us. But in the world of "play" stimuli aren't there until we put them there. So part of "becoming" is creating a world in which everything affects us. There aren't any blanks. Every moment is played in the appropriate psychological time frame and we never rush, become distracted or ignore a beat. We can never break the reality loop. Never.
Mike Sheer: Wow yeah...deep. u could lool at it too like the difference btwn speaking a language you've just learned as opposed to your native one. Ie. Speaking 'language' of acting as opposed to just being your actual self.
Mark Schoenberg: It's actually a 2nd self, Mike-one that's been retooled to live in the world of the play. But just as real.
Keith Assoun: I would have to say it's from not listening closely enough tell your fellow actors. Not that I could ever be accused of that lol.
Alix Gazzard: we miss the beats because we are consumed wiith our own inner dialogue not what is happening right now.. on the stage.. its thinking ahead of what is happening in the now..
Rico Tudico: Because we start to think about it rather than let it affect us.
Bill Gray: It's been said before, but once you have even a hint of the feeling of "Hey, this is going pretty well!", you are doomed. Because you have left "the moment". One does not think about breathing, one simply breathes with all the confidence of life. So must a performance manifest.
Mark Schoenberg: These are great comments. The heart of it is the necessity to behave in the fictional world exactly as if it were the real world. If anything "self" driven intrudes, something that is extraneous to the moment, the world of the text, the whole shebang falls apart. Responding to stimuli is another key. A stimulus can come from 3 places: The people in the moment with you, the environment and from your own inner process.
Sean Bardgett: I find that you have to learn to listen to and absorb everything else around you which allows you to get those beats in the moment you are playing. Its when you stop listening and overthink that the cycle gets broken!
Mark Schoenberg: Film provides debits and credits to the process. Biggest negative is time. You usually don't have the luxury of preparing the work over a decent rehearsal period. On the plus side, you only have to work on a few minutes of text from one day to the next. Also - in film, you have to be quicker and more flexible in terms of decisions - and without a fluid imagination and very good command of your tools, you're in for a hard time. But whether it's film or stage, once you've gotten some kind of plan together - YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE DAMNED PLAN BEHIND ON THE DAY. IF IT'S NOT IN YOUR MUSCLE MEMORY, YOU'RE TOAST. . . CRISPY CRITTER DONE!!!
Dave Rossetti: This last comment is gospel.... Do all your homework, then forget it all when it's time to play.
Mark Schoenberg: It would be Agreat thing if every actor on the planet watched other people in a room, in the middle of a real world, torrid conversation - and note, in particular, what they do in pauses and silences, what they do after making a particularly good point themselves and are waiting expectantly to see how the other folks in the room respond. THE ACTOR MUST DO EVERY SINGLE BIT OF WHAT HE/SHE OBSERVES IN THE EQUALLY "REAL" WORLD OF THE TEXT.
Mark Schoenberg: In order to do so, of course, the actor must be relaxed, in the moment, with no self-consciousness and completely focussed on and responding to each stimulus as it arises. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE BUT THE MOMENT. EVERYTHING IS IN THE PAST AND NOTHING IS IN THE FUTURE. THERE CAN BE NO EXPECTATIONS BEYOND THE MOMENT.
Mark Schoenberg: THE ACTOR MUST NEVER INTERPOSE HIMSELF BETWEEN THE PERSON HE HAS BECOME IN THE PLAY AND THE MOMENT. THE MOMENT BELONGS TO THE REALITY OF THE TEXT!!!
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