I tape my lines into a tape recorder in a monotone inflection so that I don’t memorize any
I tape my lines into a tape recorder in a monotone inflection so that I don’t memorize any inflections. I’ll say it like a robot. Then you read the other [characters’] lines however you want, and you leave an empty space for your line. And you tape all the stage directions. With a movie it’s mostly stage direction. With Confessions, it was like 10 60-minute tapes. It’s very tedious. It takes forever. But at the end of the day when you get it all done, if you don’t want to sit down with the script—if you just want to wash dishes or clean your apartment and listen to the tape—eventually it gets in your head. So I’d listen to the tapes all the time.- Sam Rockwell on how he memorizes lines (Backstage Magazine, 01/15/2013)Photo credit: Port Magazine -- source link
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