Be a Good Actor or Actress

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	#Practice "cold readings" to ace your auditions. A cold read is when you're handed a script and asked to act it out on the spot. Sometimes you get 1-2 minutes to look it over, and sometimes you need to just launch into it. While this is scary, it is also very easy to practice. Buy a book of monologues, grab passages from a book, or even pick up a dramatic newspaper story and read it out loud. You can also read it once, silently, then take 20-30 seconds to choose a direction for the piece before beginning.[[Image:Be a Good Actor or Actress Step 19 Version 2.jpg|center]]		#Practice "cold readings" to ace your auditions. A cold read is when you're handed a script and asked to act it out on the spot. Sometimes you get 1-2 minutes to look it over, and sometimes you need to just launch into it. While this is scary, it is also very easy to practice. Buy a book of monologues, grab passages from a book, or even pick up a dramatic newspaper story and read it out loud. You can also read it once, silently, then take 20-30 seconds to choose a direction for the piece before beginning.[[Image:Be a Good Actor or Actress Step 19 Version 2.jpg|center]]
	#*This is also a good warm-up exercise, helping you prepare your mind and body for acting.		#*This is also a good warm-up exercise, helping you prepare your mind and body for acting.
−	#Never be mean to the director, he/she might kick you out of the play
	== Video ==		== Video ==