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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There are lots of different ways. For me it’s just brute force repetition, usually varying my delivery every time to really stick it in there. Sometimes I’ll say my lines in silly ways, and that’ll make them stick even though I know that’s not the delivery I’m going to use. Other methods I’ve seen are recording yourself saying the lines and listening to them a lot, and also writing your lines while laying on your back and writing upside down. It’s really just a case of different strokes for different folks. Myself, I just like to rehearse like mad, the things that other actors do and their line deliveries will sometimes be all it takes to really make the transition from memorizing the lines to the lines flowing out as if they are your own reactions/thoughts.
Also, you remember trigger words; especially in the beginning when you’re starting out you can kinda set checkpoints…”when I hear them say ‘grapefruit’ I reply with the line that starts ‘ew, no thanks.'”
Edit: I just realized that I basically took a really long way of saying “that’s my cue ” at the end there heh.
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