How To Act

Learn how to act to twist the emotions of audiences, handle auditions with ease and mimic real-life scenarios naturally. Actors can improve naturalness, express emotions, memory and overall acting by following acting tips. Discover how to act by learning a few simple acting tips that the best actors follow.

1. Relax with deep breathing exercises. Keep your body and mind relaxed with deep breathing exercises before auditions and acting. Inhale deeply for ten seconds, then exhale for twenty seconds.
2. Position the body correctly. Novice actors often make the mistake of glancing at the camera, or facing away from the audience during stage plays. Avoid looking directly into the camera unless the script requires it, and always face slightly towards the audience during a stage play.
3. Develop the character. Research the character background, feel the emotions of the character and imagine how he would feel in certain situations. The audience needs to believe the character is genuine. Becoming the character is the best way to make a natural, genuine character. However, leave the character at set; do not let the problems of the character interfere with real life.
4. Memorize scripts. Read over the entire script, which includes the co-actor's lines, repeatedly to memorize them. Remembering the lines of the whole script will help with memory, natural conversation and word timing.
5. Enunciate words perfectly. The audience does not want to attempt to interpret a jumble of sloppy words. Avoid pausing in mid-sentence by ignoring commas on the script, and pronounce words correctly.
6. Avoid excessive body movement. Do not flail arms, point randomly, make sweeping gesture or make obscene facial expressions unless the script requires it. Excessive body movements will distract the audience from the act, and will make them question if the act is genuine.
7. Listen to the director. If an actor is confused on the set, the director will know where they are supposed to be, the act they are in, the lines of the script and more. Ask the director for specific directions on set.