tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661610828468529826.post2078940727364911471..comments2009-11-11T07:50:39.301-05:00Comments on joe stanton: the show: That's Me Up There!joe stantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322850907189610103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661610828468529826.post-2102028538818688912007-06-13T13:18:00.000-05:002007-06-13T13:18:00.000-05:00When you play a character, you're working to conve...When you play a character, you're working to convey to the audience that this is a real person with real motivations that can be believed and related to. Whether that performance is scripted or improvised, the actor brings himself to the character, and when the performance is improvised, all he has is his own sense of truth to play with. There's nothing at all wrong with manipulating your own personality and filtering your sense of truth through that lens; in fact, I find that preferable to the "use a bad accent or just be louder" school of thought. You don't need to SOUND different to play different characters, you need to ACT different. And as you keep exploring, you're going to find more and more ways to act different, until you start reacting and surprising even yourself.<BR/><BR/>(As always, no warranty expressed or implied.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319035963448162573noreply@blogger.com