ACTING IS REACTING!
Whether if you're acting for the first time or you're a veteran, and no matter if you're a theater or film actor, the concept has not changed in regards to Acting is reacting. People not knowing much about what it takes to make a performance on screen may think it sounds like a riddle or part of a rhyming scheme in a poem. The truth is, the concept has always been alive, but perhaps never so much more than it is today. The fact that stars and experienced actors make their job look so easy on screen or a stage is actually a compliment, because again, the truth is...IT'S NOT!!! The hardest obstacles to hurdle is the audition. No matter who is reading opposite of you, it's the actor's responsibility while in the auditioning room in front of Casting Directors to project the actions in a scene per the script and bring that role to life. It will not happen by just reading the lines with no vocal variety and not being natural. Just because an actor is in between lines while the opposite character is speaking off screen or even on screen does not mean you can't react to their conversation. With no reaction comes fake-action (I just made that term up!!!). I will not dive into the complexities between theater and film yet, but what I will say is that acting on stage can tend to be more exaggerated than on film, because it's the actor's job on stage to reach out to a live audience no matter the size and/or length. With film, the actors might be a centimeter away or many feet away from the camera, and any expression will need to be at a normal pace depending upon the crew's expectations. The point is no matter the setting, distance away from the camera, or if you're seen on stage, audiences shouldn't be disappointed by the choices actors make due to lack of experience, laziness, or not listening thereby ruining an entire film or play. Hence, acting is reacting!!!
Please take a look at acting expert Marci Liroff's interpretation of the concept of acting is reacting, as she instructs many audition bootcamps:
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