The Essence Of Acting

The essence of acting. The state of being true to your character. To be able to answer the questions, who am i? What am i doing? How am I doing it? How can I reach within my self and pull on the emotions i need to commit to my character. To find the essence of acting. As actors we need to do these things, ask our selves these questions in order to bring out the realness of what role your playing. You need to be able to audition for a role or perform and allow your audience or adjudicator to feel like they're in the moment with your character more than you are. Allow them to fall in love with your character. You want them to stop what there doing and just watch you. Make it so real that they wouldn't even want to blink during your performance. As an actor you want to convince your self that you are that character. You are no longer yourself. You have become that character. You breath, eat and sleep just like that character. Tell your self that character is you, because your actions on how you play out your character is a very important aspect to finding the essence of acting. Your personality has to play a role into your character. Actor William Gillete said "emphasizes the actors personal or real life-and therefore the actors own personality-within the fiction of the role"."live the life of their character on stage. There most likely to live it in the casting office and audition room as well. Which then becomes their daily life. They say that in order to see the essence in acting you need to know what your character desires. When you do, your self needs to be able to desire the same thing. To fulfill those desires you need to pull on your emotions. Don't try to use emotions that don't come from within you, because that could end up looking real bad. Search deep down inside of you. Start pulling on  your past if you have too. If you don't have a past to pull from use someone else that you know and try to pull the emotion they felt.  For some people they find it hard to go and dig deep but for others its quite easy because they've probably been in that situation before. Finding the essence to acting can make you, stand out to directors or people from the casting agencies. Being true to your self and to your character can make you a better actor. In this book I'm reading they say "don't try to be what you think they want you to be. Don't  worry about your self be proud of yourself. Like yourself. If you don't it's hard to see how somebody else will".  Pull essence into your life into your character and become an artist who goes beyond their limits. Never stop at one accomplishment, just keep on going because theirs always lots more out there to accomplish. Reach outside the box. You're already a great actor now find the essence and become the best actor!