It’s not talked about in Hollywood
Certainly not among the pretty people
I’m referring to when an actor actress in bodies a role so well you generally don’t recognize them
I’m referring to their acting being so convincing that you see only the character unfolding,
even if it was only for a minute before it clicked
I’m not talking about minimal physical transformation, not heavy, prosthetics or CGI for example which would obviously disguise a person.
When an actor immerses themselves in a character
They are taking away their character completely
In doing so they’ find myself in a paradox
When does acting end and their character begin
They train all their life to be a believable character
To personify little idiosyncrasies to define depth
Part of this training is believing you are
who you say you are
At gatherings and parties they try
to be themselves But who is that?
They’re celebrated for other characters
they became, does that character remain
Are there attributes that glam onto
their psyche soul that won’t let go.
They become more unsure of the real world and their part in it. People accuse them of acting.
A pugnacious member takes issue argument, transpire the actor in a quagmire
Fight or flight what characteristics to prevail
Is it any wonder why a significant number of actors actresses, run to psychologists or psychiatrists for years of therapy or psychotherapy?.Major decisions rehashed for other’s opinion what should I do?
Think of the movies where an actor changed himself so much for a character that
you did not recognize him. if only for a minute.
I could name a few.
Keith Ledger as The Joker( his last role)
Fellow Actors said he was so scary.
They couldn’t even say their lines.
The darkness that came out of him
There are others, but these readily come to mine
Heath Ledger in Batman
Dustin Hoffman in Rain man
Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade
Matthew McConaughey in, The Buyers Club
Christian Bale in Machinist
Jake Gyllenhaal and Brokeback Mountain
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
People’s burning desires come to California
To become a star, follow their dream they’ll go far
Life is not what it seems broke, sleep in the car
Are you willing to sell your soul to become a star?
Can you survive The Harvey Weinstein‘
Movie Mogul type the casting couch slouch
Roofie, **** drug without consent
or The music scene P Diddy type Hell bent
I encourage you to watch some of these movies where the actors are so far above the rest
Inspired songs
1) Vogue live MTV awards YouTube1990
By Madonna
2) American woman
The Guess Who 1970
3) mama told me not to come
By Three Dog Night
4) The long and windingRoad 1970
By the Beatles
5) evil way
By Santana
BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge
April 15, 2025 pugnacious
Someone described as pugnacious shows a readiness or desire to fight or argue
Footnotes
Behind the wizards curtain
People put on their underwear one leg at a time
I was engaged to a VP of a film company. What I saw made me never want to become an actress.
Better to be behind the scenes as a writer.
you still maintain your anonymity
And have a better chance at keeping your integrity intact but it depends how bad you want it
Will you sell your soul to become famous?
because it really is about that
What would you do to become a star.
I had more than one man tell me “sleep with them and they’ll make me a star”
. I laughed. I knew how much money they were making on the picture and they were a C star
A nobody’s It’s all in who you know.
But Hollywood breaks people nervous breakdowns, drug overdoses. They’re not mentally strong enough to survive Hollyweird.
