Why do we do it?
Mon, 9 June 2003, 05:35 pmWalter Plinge17 posts in thread
Why do we do it?
Mon, 9 June 2003, 05:35 pmWhat is that makes us want to have a career as an actor? Why do we need to act?
Personally it is the need to express myself fully through a character that interests me. The need to play and share that with someone else.
Then there is getting a chance to do things that you can't normally do in real life.
It's a chance to bring your creativity to life.
The journey you take as you explore these strange new worlds.
It's fun, it's challenging, it's interesting and it's an art where you never stop learning.
What about you?
Personally it is the need to express myself fully through a character that interests me. The need to play and share that with someone else.
Then there is getting a chance to do things that you can't normally do in real life.
It's a chance to bring your creativity to life.
The journey you take as you explore these strange new worlds.
It's fun, it's challenging, it's interesting and it's an art where you never stop learning.
What about you?
Re: Why do we do it?
Tue, 10 June 2003, 05:55 pmVery beautifully put Leah, "the theatre as family" is probably a good theory to explain many actors' love for this strange profession.
I personally have another reason. For me acting is just an extension of the games I used to play as a kid. I just never properly grew up. Now I get to wear fun costumes and pretend I am someone else and actually (sometimes) get paid to do it!
And as one old pro put it to me on a commercial shoot in London: "eh son, it's better than working down a mine isn't it?"
And it is.
Stephen Lee
I personally have another reason. For me acting is just an extension of the games I used to play as a kid. I just never properly grew up. Now I get to wear fun costumes and pretend I am someone else and actually (sometimes) get paid to do it!
And as one old pro put it to me on a commercial shoot in London: "eh son, it's better than working down a mine isn't it?"
And it is.
Stephen Lee
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