http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/ Poetics in Live Performance Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-468 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:16:35 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-468 “Just be yourself” is one of the hardest things for a professional actor to create in performance and for the child actor that same mandate it is really an impossibility — so their true, unprotected, self is put at risk — and yet they are unaware of the artificiality around them and the danger to their being.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-467 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:36:18 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-467 I dislike the idea of the child reality show — never thought it from this angle as I usually enjoy a good acting, but you are right about ruining their childhood with the exposure, David. Unless they have a well guarded parents/ guardian.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-466 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:18:21 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-466 That’s the tough nut of it, Anne. You have to go out and find a kid and exploit their natural personality since few young kids are trained actors. It sort of ruins them in a way.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-465 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:21:13 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-465 What’s the solution if you need a kid in your show?

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-464 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:22:43 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-464 Joseph Gordon-Levitt was 15 when he started on 3rd Rock. I’m not sure if that’s really a child actor or not — but he was doing other, smaller, things before that series.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-463 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:53:06 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/woe-of-the-child-actor/#comment-463 In general, I tend to agree, David. I was surprised to find out that the main actor in 500 Days of Summer was the boy from 3rd rock from the sun.

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