How does he feel after a regular reciting of the script and still not getting a part? “You don’t fit into any of the characters”, “Your emotions don’t show off”, “Try to get in the zone” .
I can hardly tell anything except “Maybe you are not meant for acting, you cannot pretend to be someone else”
“Oh really, I’ve been pretending to be few someones my whole life and to think I cannot pretend and recite a handful of lines, it’s ridiculous” Replied my agitated friend. I was intrigued by his comment, “What does he mean by that?”. “How can he pretend to be someone, he is indeed someone?” “I’ve known him for years , his name is (lets say) K, He must have been K for his whole life. What is there to pretend”
Baffled, I asked him, “I don’t understand? Do explain yourself.” “Well, I pretend to be a son, a grandson, a brother, a nephew and what not, even though family doesn’t appeal to me; I pretend to be a student even though I do not care for studies or a degree; I pretend to be friend even though I feel trapped in the company of people. I play role in every aspect of my life, I act so that I will fit in, I pretend so that I will be included and I’ve become excellent at this and this is the reason why I feel frustrated when do not get a part in the plays.” K replied.
I almost laughed at his answer, “What a hypocrite!” I thought. “Well if you dislike everything then why do you keep doing it? You do have an option to forfeit the game.” I asked.
“Hear me out, when a story has multiple characters and multiple context, the story becomes complicated and interesting, no one will like a story with a single character, I don’t want my story to be boring so to keep my story interesting, I’ll act till I die.” He replied.