Acting vs. Re-Acting

It's funny, but when I watch these women who've modeled in their acting class, it makes me realize personally, as an performing artist, director, and writer, how few people understand portraying realism vs. theatricality without studying. How many of you can stand in front of a commercial director and actually act like you're doing a commercial as opposed to playing an actor in a piece doing a commercial. It's all very different and difficult, if you've grown up in front of a camera to portray someone who is obviously playing to the camera as opposed to a person. How effortless can you really be in portraying a person who is uncomfortable with the idea of being in front of the camera or a person, if you are comfortable with the idea itself and were brought up that way. It all winds up being really stiff and portrayed and comes off on the big screen as being quite false.
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