Acting is fun. Playing a character is fun. That's one of the reasons i enjoy playing dungeons and dragons, it's not completely acting, but its setting yourself in the mindset of a created character, that is not your own.
In class i had to act as a homeless guy. It was okay with me, i was just acting in front of a few people i could possibly call friends. After that the professor said we could present it on a stage, i panicked a bit on the inside but ignored the comment. Later i filled in the space for another group's mini play, which was fun, i didn't have to know my lines just act them out and the character was a dick so it was fun to play. I thought i was done with this.
Some classes afterwards I learned i had to do the same thing i had done on a stage. OH BOY. Oh no. I couldn't escape. My crappy acting skills will be shown for other people to see. I hoped no one will go so they would think of me as "that guy that played the homeless guy" when they see me around. I hoped i could get out somehow, because it was stressing me out just to think that i would have to act in front of people. I absolutely adore acting silly but i never do it much if i dont trust or know the person, and just having to act serious in front of a crowd shook me. In the end it all went well, no one actually cared, i bet everyone that went didn't have much else to do, and they probably understood how i felt, so i was ok with the outcome.
Final thoughts: Holy crap i thought i wouldnt come out alright but i did, somehow. 2/10 would not do again.
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ReplyDeleteTotally agreed, even though I had no more than 5 lines, acting in front of what we thought would be a big crowd made me a little nervous too. Those horrifying expectations worked in our favor when we saw how small and relatively empty it was though.
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