By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:41:25 +0000

THANK YOU, Leigh Ann! Great information you’re sharing here… “What Works” for you will help others. Anxiety, whether you’re in acting, public speaking or singing mode, is quite similar. If singing, instead of channeling to your character, you would channel it into the message of the song. I’ll be talking about auditioning as part of the next post.

By: LA

LA — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:48 +0000

Ooooh, I look forward to this post series.As an actor who’s performed on stage (including musicals) and in front of the camera for years, my number-one trick is:USE IT. If I’m feeling nervous, rather than try to fight it or push it down, I accept it and channel it. I put it into my character. Perhaps it fuels her anger; perhaps she’s excited; maybe she’s really focused. If it doesn’t work for my character, I still just don’t worry or think about it; there’s nothing wrong with being nervous. I accept the feelings and move forward.Of course, I don’t have the debilitating stage fright you mentioned earlier in the post. Some things are beyond using mind tricks for.The things that probably make me the most nervous are auditions. Those are where I can start second-guessing myself and end up harming my performance because of it.

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