Sometimes I feel when they refer to method acting here in Malaysia people got it wrong. When I said I prefer actors who could switch on and switch off their emotions while acting, those who could refer to their inner emotions, past experiences and use it, and then keep it somewhere deep inside them again after I say print; Thats a method as far as Im concerned. They have to understand their characters psychological motivations. Most importantly, understand psychology. For a start, understand the five stages of grief. Understand the words of Freud that the surface is a lie, is a mask. That while acting, actors should know how to act human by lying. Hence, thats why in my script I always mark situations when they heard a terrible lie for example, they are supposed to skillfully hide their anger, suppress it and perhaps show a subtle dissapointment. But then again... In Malaysia this is considered bad acting. Here, everything has to be theatrical, big and overblown. Their idea of good acting is over-acting. People in general, dont know what good acting is even if it kills them. Why? My theory is, they lived in a life full of lies (or prefer to accept lies better than the pain of truth), they dont even know what truth is, or kejujuran anymore because people refuse to believe the truth that is staring them right at their face.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:18:50 +0000
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