brad, you should know that, when it comes to theatre work, i don't bullshit people to make them feel better. (now i might tell a white lie to someone if it doesn't harm anything and will make them feel better) but there's no time in theatre! so the only reason i am telling you that it is no big deal is because IT IS NO BIG DEAL. i promise you that this has happened at least once to EVERY person who was in that room.
plus, your part was much harder. you had to recite a famous speech that everyone knows, and there wasn't anyone up there with you to improvise with or anything.
darling, there is no way that you can beat yourself up at all over this.
the only way i would have been mad at you last night was if you had given up. and you didn't, so there's nothing to be upset or disappointed about. plus, who cares if joanne was there? you actors must realize that i want feedback on MY work, not on whether my actors flubbed a line or not. joanne will not care about that. she will talk to me about where my storytelling or blocking or whatever could have been stronger, but not about "oh, you're a failure. an actor forgot a line" and neither will she say "your actor forgot a line. he's a failure".
please don't panic yourself over this. happens to the best of us.
amen!
brad, you should know that, when it comes to theatre work, i don't bullshit people to make them feel better. (now i might tell a white lie to someone if it doesn't harm anything and will make them feel better) but there's no time in theatre! so the only reason i am telling you that it is no big deal is because IT IS NO BIG DEAL. i promise you that this has happened at least once to EVERY person who was in that room.
plus, your part was much harder. you had to recite a famous speech that everyone knows, and there wasn't anyone up there with you to improvise with or anything.
darling, there is no way that you can beat yourself up at all over this.
the only way i would have been mad at you last night was if you had given up. and you didn't, so there's nothing to be upset or disappointed about. plus, who cares if joanne was there? you actors must realize that i want feedback on MY work, not on whether my actors flubbed a line or not. joanne will not care about that. she will talk to me about where my storytelling or blocking or whatever could have been stronger, but not about "oh, you're a failure. an actor forgot a line" and neither will she say "your actor forgot a line. he's a failure".
please don't panic yourself over this. happens to the best of us.
and sorry this is such a long comment.