I USED to have a lot of respect for actors, well that was BEFORE I realized that the word actor can have a few different meanings. Here I am, this amateur actor who has done a few plays here and there. Plays that I'm really proud of, plays where I've performed before an audience of 5,000 people. You better believe that I worked my butt off to memorize lines, blocking, even doing some method acting to get into character a little more. I mean I went all out, gave it my all, because in theater you only have one shot. If you mess up, forget your lines, that's it. You feel like you've screwed up the entire play, and chances are... you might've.
Then you've got acting for film. I don't know much about it, but I do know that you can mess up, forget your lines, WHATEVER, and still get another shot. You can go through infinite amounts of takes (of course directors don't like that, but still...you get my point). I understand a lot of time goes into making movies, there's the script read through, preparation for a character whether it's gaining or losing weight, interviews, paparazzi, etc. AHHHH OMG it can get sooooo frustrating!
Seriously though, I'm taking a video production class and I'm really starting to see who does the most work. And quite frankly the talent has it the easiest. All they have to do is take direction, stand where they're told to stand for the .5 second shot, reposition themselves, make a different facial expression, then repeat.
I'm only knocking professional actors because I have a really good friend who just signed a contract for a pretty good part in a pretty big movie sequel for Xmillion dollars. I'm complaining about the stress that I'm going through because of school, and he's complaining about having to go to Hollywood parties with bodyguards, or having too many interviews in a day, or having to workout, or my favorite, "having to meet the other super famous cast members". I sit here rolling my eyes, thinking, "man, what a life!"
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