How do actors and actresses memorize a play or movie?

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Is there some special method to remembering an entire play or movie without having to refer to your lines? I can barely remember one paragraph of lines to the tee, let alone hundreds of pages of lines. Thanks!

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Movies and plays are super different. For movies, actors just need to memorize chunks at a time depending on the filming schedule and some improv might even be allowed. For plays, you have to memorize ALL your lines perfectly — this is just a matter of practice. I did a lot of theater in high school and had some very long lines and it was just practice, practice. Like memorizing song lyrics, almost.

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