Mrs. Worthington's daughter's dilemma: actors are subject to both the pleasures of imitation and the rigors of an exalted calling.(SPECIAL SECTION: APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING 2005)
American Theatre, January, 2005 by Brustein, Robert
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One early avenue to the acting profession is the desire to be another person, a realization that generally occurs after watching others. It is a natural impulse and happens when you admire something so much that you want to imitate it. Through imitation, we acquire language, learn how to walk and recognize the world around us. That is why the most basic acting exercises are based on pretending to be something else--a prowling animal or a stationary clock, a growling lion or a whirring hair dryer.
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