I want to be a serious actor, this has been my dream for several years, I have been in 1 play and several small short films
This winter I am planning on traveling to the capital to perform a monologue/performance in front of an audience of directors and producers. I feel like this is my chance to prove myself, but I don't know what I could perform
I will only have a piano and my voice. If you have any suggestions for me, I will pick one movie scene/monolohie you guys suggest me.
I will tirelessly work on it for months in my basement. I will record myself doing it, I will make sure it is good and even more, and then I will perform it in front of a big audience.
why do you want to be an actor? post a vid of yourself
Aaron Moore
I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE
Nicholas Robinson
have fun suckin dick in 5 years
Matthew Green
Good luck man
David Sanders
Apocalypse Now, Col. Kurtz The Horror Monologue. You'll embarrass yourself but you'll learn that the real actors were the friends you made along the way.
Bentley Hughes
gotta suck a lot of zionist dick to get to the top
Adam Price
if you don't want to look like a scrub, pick a play. don't pick shakespeare unless you're actually good enough to make it work.
Xavier Harris
>pick a play
This. Something from Martin McDonagh could possibly be a really good choice. You could check out The Pillowman if you haven’t already, there’s some really great monologues in there
t. Tisch Drama student
Isaiah Perry
I don't want to be on top, I want to be in cool plays/movies where people become happy by how good my performance is, being on top was my dream when I was a teen but not anymore, besides Hollywood is not the only place for actors
I will try this. More suggestions?
Lincoln Morales
Don't let them take advantage of your passion to break you, they always do.
Jayden Long
I have already Googled and am watching The Pillow am, I will consider monologoues from it. Thank you for your suggestion
Oh I know a lot of people will try to test me and make me give up, I have already met some but I know what my life's purpose is, there is no other profession I would rather give my life to
Owen Ortiz
Pillowman*
Jackson Moore
>i want to be a serious actor >only been in 1 play and a few short films Idk where you're from, but in California when I cast for short films there are tons of kids with like 5 times your credentials and they are still only serviceable actors, not really amazing in any way. Unless by some miracle you are a natural born performer for the stage, film, or both, I would suggest getting more experience and working on your portfolio. Also, don't come here.
Christopher Allen
This is true, but I live in a Scandinavian country where the few roles that are listed I rarely get
So at this point I need to find more ways to be seen and to gain experience
Convert to judaism and also became homosexual with old men as your preference. That's all you need.
Mason White
If OP did this or any other monologue from Godot really well, he could impress some people, but Beckett is hard to do. Especially if you’re a younger actor
Juan Lewis
I would just die trying to translate it, but I will take it into consideration, it fits into what I would like to perform
Thank you
Jayden Lopez
You won't succeed, don't try
Adrian Ward
Ariel’s monologue from act 3 is what I used for a lot of college auditions, so you might consider that one. Katurian and Tupolski have some great ones too though, theirs just don’t work out of context as well as Ariel’s does.
Austin Butler
You want to be a serious actor, eh? *unzips jewdick*
John Torres
you need to work with talented people with good production values. They are hard to come by.
Its not what you know, it's who you know.
Carter Watson
do the orators performance from buster struggs. also cut off your arms and legs to show your true dedication to the craft
Jaxon Cruz
The playwright Eric Bogosian has a collection of 100 monologues and a lot of them are really solid. You could definitely mine this site for options.
Don’t listen to all the naysayers OP. You’re never wasting time in the pursuit of great art. As long as you’re doing this for the love of storytelling it’ll always be worthwhile
Lucas Wilson
Great plays with great monolgues
The last days of judas iscariot
August osage county
Pillowman
Be sure you pick a monologue in which you are trying to get something from someone else, easier to play out of context. There should be a beginning middle and end to it as well. This is what i want, this is why you should give it to me, now is it going to be yes or no?
Brody Kelly
Saw Bryan Cranston on broadway-- play was fucking shit. Movie is waaay better.
Jonathan Richardson
Godot is not good monologue material. Mostly dialogue. Also didi and gogo are kind of easy, it's a clown show and there is no point. Just be funny.
Camden Perez
The act three monologue the Stage Manger has in OUR Town is quite good too. Could be cut into a nice audition monologue
Jonathan Moore
Oh yeah, SMU theatre class of '11 BFA in theatre focus on directing, former theatre teacher and working director
Robert Wright
Few days ago I went to see a theater play, it made my entire evening and I have still been thinking about it. People from the audience who came in sceptical or angry looking walked out reflective and impressed by the play, ignoring the usefulness of that is naive
Thank you
Thank you for the great suggestions, I feel like I have plenty to look at and work with now, I really appreciate everyone's help
Carson Nelson
Vladimir has two good monologues and Pozzo has one too. Didi and Gogo are pretty easy in theory, but playing them in a way that makes the show genuinely engaging is a lot harder than just being funny
Wyatt Campbell
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot also seems very interesting, does it have a part where Judas himself has a monologue explaining himself to the judge?
Jackson Jenkins
No he'a in a catatonic state in hell during the whole trial. He's mostly in flashbacks. There's a great scene at the end where he slowly comes out of his stupor and argues Jesus, lays into him about not warning him, then succumbs and falls back into the stupor. I'd also look at anytime the devil speaks. The last scene between him and cunningham he fucking devastates her.
Wow that sounds amazing I have to watch this. Thank you
Jaxon Peterson
Yeah. I found just listening to the other person was enough. If didi and gogo both decide on and understand their relationship- and choose to play it as a close one, i think the play works. Would kill to see mckellan and stewarts take on it. It's held up as this grand work, I think it's basically just ren and stimpy standing around a tree.
Ryder Howard
Because he wants an easy job
Luke Walker
>serious >actor Pick one, faggot.
Luke Rogers
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot-Fourteen - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=_O7v4WvAMMc it's on youtube in parts. Directed by phillip seymour hoffman, sam rockwell plays judas
Parker Russell
>serious >actor the entire basis of being an actor is NOT being serious, because being an actor is feminine and requires you to debase yourself by letting go entirely of your identity to fulfill a role. Many actors leave the business because of the mental toll this takes on a man. Women however enjoy it.
I wanted to be a martial arts stuntman but that was around the time Steven Seagull was making an ass of himself on TV and I gave it up because that was basically the only image of martial artists in people's heads.
Jordan Edwards
The plane one? Lmao
Gabriel Harris
There’s a recording of that production at the Lincoln center in NYC. Watched last year and it was fucking incredible. If you’re ever there, check it out, all you need is a NYPL card
John Collins
Many actors are serious actors. They are dedicated to their craft and will sacrifice their time and effort in order to perfect a certain role
