tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4802828493691392884..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: How to memorize scriptsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81146735439095371762016-10-11T08:37:13.688-07:002016-10-11T08:37:13.688-07:00I'm with Andy. I can speak off the cuff but t...I'm with Andy. I can speak off the cuff but those that remember things, and recite them especially in a sequence, are amazing. <br />use a different portion of the brain, i guess.<br /><br />Actually, people who can remember songs with a fast paced lyric (think HAMILTON the musical), that is a skill i don't have.The Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89277332925609027262016-10-09T05:38:38.418-07:002016-10-09T05:38:38.418-07:00Catching up on some reading, I found this touching...Catching up on some reading, I found this touching NY Times story about Vin Scully and his wife on his retirement. <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/sports/baseball/vin-scully-wife-marriage-dodgers.html?ref=sports<br />MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23032335332498685082016-10-08T16:58:42.284-07:002016-10-08T16:58:42.284-07:00This is very interesting. I'm comfortable wit...This is very interesting. I'm comfortable with public speaking because I can just hash out the main points I want to make, rehearse my flow from one point to the next, and ad-lib everything else. But I'm terrible at rote memorization, and I've always admired people who are good at it.Andy Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57622471127916537882016-10-08T09:59:54.759-07:002016-10-08T09:59:54.759-07:00I worked with a lot of actors prepping to become r...I worked with a lot of actors prepping to become rich and famous by doing training videos. They used techniques exactly the opposite of memorization. I would hand them a script (5-15 minutes), they would go off in a corner to mark it up for themselves. Then they recorded it on a small tape recorder with an earpiece and a pause button they threaded through their sleeve. An hour or less after they first saw the script, we'd start shooting. They listened to themselves on the recorder, and spoke the words milliseconds later while performing some mechanical task and looking human. If the tape got ahead of them, they paused it until they caught up, then started again with almost no effect on their delivery. It was amazing. If I questioned them about the script afterwards, they had almost no memory of having said something. <br /><br /><br />Eric Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639837826294361383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50395199570139683282016-10-08T09:12:35.513-07:002016-10-08T09:12:35.513-07:00"C.S.I. is a nightmare."
For the viewer..."C.S.I. is a nightmare."<br /><br />For the viewers AND for the actors.Rashad Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63219834572302142992016-10-08T08:20:28.789-07:002016-10-08T08:20:28.789-07:00"It got to be a sort of game with them to giv..."It got to be a sort of game with them to give me brand new lengthy orations just as the stage manager was counting down."<br /><br />Oh man! There's only a few people this could be. My guess is Marilu Henner!Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81477179899527024592016-10-08T08:14:53.622-07:002016-10-08T08:14:53.622-07:00Actor 4 - Bebe Neuwirth?Actor 4 - Bebe Neuwirth?Jeff Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802456524746485019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69717464930123862602016-10-08T06:54:34.623-07:002016-10-08T06:54:34.623-07:00Actor 5
I don't even bother memorizing my lin...<br />Actor 5<br /><br />I don't even bother memorizing my lines, screw them. When I played Don Vito Corleone I had my lines written on lamp shades, in desk drawers, on James Caan's forehead, anywhere I could pay the script girl to write them. That whole "know your lines and try not to bump into the furniture" acting method of Tracey's is for amateurs. When I played Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now I just had that idiot Coppola film whatever inane gibberish came out of my mouth after I made sure my cheque cleared. When I kept repeating my now famous "the horror" line I was simply referencing the taste I remembered after sampling one of Coppola's shit vintage wines. I'm now considered a genius and own an island.<br /><br />Stephen Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382570443203706976noreply@blogger.com