Comments on: When Starry-Eyed Dreams Confront Harsh Realities https://daredreamer.com/when-starry-eyed-dreams-confront-harsh-realities/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Imahni Dawson https://daredreamer.com/when-starry-eyed-dreams-confront-harsh-realities/#comment-2713 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:43:54 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=8753#comment-2713 In reply to billjv.

Great thoughts! I especially loved your point on how in the end, it is mere pretend, but if they can master that “small but definitive slice of each character they play” they will have succeeded.

]]> By: billjv https://daredreamer.com/when-starry-eyed-dreams-confront-harsh-realities/#comment-2712 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:54:56 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=8753#comment-2712 Loved this. I also admire actors, and remember how hard it was when I tried to do it in high school. I could never get past myself enough to be convincing as someone else. That being said, in every acting performance an actor leaves their imprint on the character they portray. Sometimes the imprint becomes institutionalized, such as Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. or Judy Garland as Dorothy – it’s sometimes hard to separate the character from the actor who portrayed it.

I think great actors are people who can quickly master a small but definitive slice of each character they play. In the end it is just imitation/pretend/fantasy. However, the truth in their portrayal is the key, and if they can find the core of that character and incorporate it into themselves and their portrayal, they will have succeeded.

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