Watching this video makes me think how from an anthropological perspective it's said that early theater grew out of 'religious ritual'...seeing the non-secular, secularized and expressed like this means something.
I've loved so much of Bill Duke's work as both actor and director that I shouldn't be surprised, but I really wasn't prepared for how amazing and peaceful and wise his energy is.
The one actor that pops in my head that fits Duke's definition of acting is Christian Bale. He truly does whatever it takes to deliver a performance regardless of the circumstances.
Bale, Denzel, Penn, John Voight, Michael Pena, Easai Morales...the list goes on. I admire the art form. What I love seeing the most is a great actor raising the performance of a mediocre actor.
Yes! More people should talk about how much COURAGE it takes to commit to any art form, but particularly anything as public as Acting. It is SO MUCH FUN, when you're really doing the work, but it takes a lot of effort and courage to get to it. Too many "actors"(and I use that term ever-so-loosely) swagger around, relying on their "charisma" and good looks to carry them through. They are the epitome of the song "Hey diddly-dee, an actor's life for me..." and their "work" speaks for itself. If you DO THE WORK, the WORK will sustain you. The rest, is silence...
Eh, if it works for them, it works for them. If they fulfill the roles they are hired for, and ppl enjoy those performances enough to make the money back on their movie, their job is done. I HATE when ppl throw terms around like "the work" when we talk about acting, but you don't for carpentry, or plumbing, astrophysics, sanitation or zoology. Everyone is working. As a matter of fact, the actors job doesn't mean shit if other ppl aren't living their lives to the best of their ability, because all they do is show other people's lives.
I’ll be honest…I think Gary Oldman is one of the most underrated quintessential actors of our generation that has fallen into darkness in every single character that he has ever played…he never acts….he just is….xxx.
I never did anything close to acting until recently joining a local group to broaden my horizons. I was asked to cold-read with some people and I just did what I thought you should do? And it scared me to death because whatever I did, it felt like falling into a pool of water and “losing yourself” to me. No exaggeration, I was confused for DAYS afterwards and had no understanding of what happened. But I was also intrigued. However, that initial experience was so scary, whatever I had done, that subsequently I do what he’s talking about- try to stay “in control.” I notice it doesn’t feel the same or right, like I hit on something that first time by accident. I’m so glad I found this interview because I keep trying to explain what happened and he said it. “Falling into the darkness backwards.” I know it might sound corny but it was so scary having no clue what was happening in that moment.
As a former acting teacher at National Black Theater in Harlem NYC , Bill truly gives a brillant mini- master acting class that truly sums up the Craft of performing / being / becoming so beautifully.
That's what I thought exactly. Sounds like self-induced mental illness. Creating responses (possibly even psychosomatic responses) to imaginary traumas that were never there in the first place. Scary. And what's this fall into the darkness backwards...sounds like the sunken place. Lol. No thanks.
I don't think a great actor can have stage fright because a great actor doesn't even realise the stage is there in the moment. Of course I'm not an actor and I probably have no idea what I'm talking about but it feels right.
I think an actor can have stage fright. I also think on stage he can work thru it as he practices his craft. The stage fright might become less over time..
@@daimonmarioperez9501 Singing and acting are two different things and I'm not saying it's absolute. I'm not even saying I'm right. Even if I am I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule.
Stage fright like when you are on stage is harder to combat because you’re repeating something over and over. Easier to let go in the moment on film. Because you’ll never have to repeat it again therefore you can be in the moment. Recreating that and replicating is real skill. Which is why movie actors are terrified of stage. Stage actors are legends.
I can understand how someone could say that what Bill Duke is saying means to give up your soul, tapping into the occult, or dark sciences. On the other hand, as a former collegiate athlete, I think I know exactly what he means. A coach teaches fundamentals, strength & conditioning, game like scenarios, and strategy. When it's time to perform, the coach doesn't want the athlete to be thinking and judging every little thing. At the performance moment, a well trained athlete embodies all of the teachings plus the personification of the athlete comes out in opportunistic moments. Sometimes I look at old film of me playing and I say to myself "how did I do that". I'm sure many actors have said the same. It's a little different, but both the actors and athletes must surrender in order to achieve the best performance.
I saw the movie...the Heath Ledger/joker thing is, to me so over rated and exploited. What was so dark? Check out Brad Pitt as Early Grace in the movie Kalifornia. Now that's going dark and dangerous. Heath Ledger was portraying a comic book villain. Tongue wagging...blah blah blah. Time to get real about his performance...good but not legendary at all.
@@samsmith4216 ha Brad Pitt in Kalafornia is NOT on the same level as joker...lol..no way. Pitt was ok, but the DEPTH was not the same. Sometimes he was a little gimmicky in that film. It was still VERY good, but only like 1/3 the level of Heath in Joker.
@@TheFiestyhick just seeing you provide an exact fraction to your comparison of Pitts' Grace to Ledgers' Joker proves to me your opinion is suspect and completely biased. "Gimmicky"? Where?....you mean when he sticks out his tongue inbetween words and sentences? Oh I forgot...that was Ledgers' Joker.
That is the actor in my head when hes speaking. He did the best to edge out shinnings Jack Nicholson your saying something, ive seen shinning 30 times or so it maybe the director made that Joker Nicholson more funny than just straight dark...but to be in same conversation with Jack Nicholson sad hes gone.
Well if u r falling ur just gona have to use ur own perceptions and idea of how. A person should "be" when u become them. Its not like ur going actually become and act a different way if uve never seen it. Subconciously or conciously ur not going to become somebody else unless u go thru something
I think it was Gary Busey who said, "If you don't believe it, how do you expect anybody else to believe it?" William Shatner said pretty much the same thing, " If you don't believe the lie, nobody else will."
The person I’ve admired for quite some time is James McAvoy. The last thing I saw him in was Split and thought he was brilliant. I saw previews of Glass and can’t wait to see it. I already know what he is going to bring to the role.
I would like to be a movie stunt man, but not that ambitious about movie acting. I think the potential of your brain chemistry changing is reliant on what kind emotion goes into your roles. Look at the roles Dewayne Johnson has played, Mike Epps, the lady Molly from mike and molly. They all are fine mentally. Seemingly.
First of all these actors nowadays don't become shit. Maybe in the 90s. But now I can not see pass the actual person. I see Kevin Hart in any character he plays. Like in the 90s Ice Cube became Doeboy he became Craig. But lately all Ice Cube movies all I see is Ice Cube. I can't remember the name of no characters he played in any of his latest movies.
Some of you are taking what he said the wrong way. "Falling into darkness" means to surrender who you are as a person and fully committing to the role you are playing without fear! Completely disregarding how you will look to an objective audience if you mess up. Not caring if you hit a rock, fence or falling face first into a pile of crap. If you do that you won't have stage fright because it's not you on that stage or on camera.
4:40 "get out" 2017 "Missy tricks Chris into a hypnotherapy session, using the noise of a spoon stirring in a teacup as a hypnotic trigger, ostensibly to cure his smoking addiction. While in a trance, he reveals that his mother was killed in a hit-and-run when he was a child, and he feels guilty because he waited too long to call for help. At Missy's prompting, his consciousness falls into a dark void she calls the "sunken place," where he becomes powerless. The next morning, he finds that his desire to smoke has vanished."
"You're ghostin' us, motherf***er. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here. Got that?"
Basically conjuring demons. Denzel Washington revealed in the 60 Minutes show with the late Ed Bradley when filming a a scene in Glory which Denzel won his first academy award. Denzel described the scene before shooting as, praying to the spirits to assist him nail that scene. Denzel said further added that he wouldn’t been able to pull that scene off without “The Spirits”. Basically allowing demons to enter Denzel to shoot a “powerful” scene as Ed Bradley opined. Duke said a mouthful without going all in. Invoking spirits to nail a scene is synonymous with conjuring demons. Same difference. Ah! The industry! Smh!
Scarletbull ...wow..never thought about acting being that way. What a surprise but makes sense...look how great Heath Ledger was for playing Joker! Its like everything in this world is bad
I liked pretty much all of what he was saying, until he came to that point. I can't walk with that. The only spirit I allow to be in charge of me is my own (self control) or the Holy Spirit! An ancient Hebrew proverb states that, "He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls". We have to be very careful, especially in this day and age, if who and what we yield to.
But not everybody falls into darkness in the same way everybody would handle situations differently depending on their mindset, yet the director only wants you to respond in a certain way.
@@lalbihari6663 Lying to yourself about it being a lie does not make it any less of a lie. Altering one's personality, taking on a role is not who you are but what you present yourself as and is done by people all the time who are not actors (though they are not as versatile in their roles as a true actor is). An actor does not become Napoleon when he plays Bonaparte's role he takes on the characteristics that the director and writers want him to in order to portray the role he was given. While in the role you may be able to leave aside the parts of yourself that do not fit the role but that does not mean you are what you portray. How far does your belief run in the end? Does it go so far as to have you lose confidence while playing the role of a Jedi when you are not able to move the rock without CG being placed in later as you didn't do it yourself and you believe to "truly" be the character you are playing as your role?
@CreeWilly Truth is subjective. Simply because one believes something to be true does not mean it actually is, and thus therefore under a certain perspective is a lie.
@CreeWilly No you are making it deeper by claiming acting is anything deeper then the art of lying, and by doing so being quite pretentious; claiming it as something lofty.
Will and Jada spoke on how Will , after a 2 year period of filming Ali, had difficulty coming out of character. In order to be great you must become the person you are portraying.
The only person alive today that can honestly be the pure example of what he is saying ......is Jim Carrey.....and you all should be ashamed of yourselves for not mentioning him at all.
Thought acting would be showing a side of yourself others haven’t seen being able to say or display to the world things you normally wouldn’t but since it’s a movie you can express your inner self
Great answers but actors can have different approaches. Sir Ian McKellen says acting is just pretending. If you’re an aspiring actor, find a process that works for you. Your own mental health is more important than any role you take.
Bill Duke - My 40 Year Career On Screen And Behind The Camera [FULL INTERVIEW|
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Watching this video makes me think how from an anthropological perspective it's said that early theater grew out of 'religious ritual'...seeing the non-secular, secularized and expressed like this means something.
I got more out of 6 minutes with Bill Duke than several episodes of "The Actor's Studio" series.
That guy and the audience rub me the wrong way, somehow. It's like they're trying too hard to appear deep or intellectual.
That falling backward into darkness hit me tough af bro. Life lessons indeed.
Bill Duke...Those eyes... they just disappeared... His eyes are full of...Wisdom... I love Bill Duke...
I'm gonna have me some fun
I've loved so much of Bill Duke's work as both actor and director that I shouldn't be surprised, but I really wasn't prepared for how amazing and peaceful and wise his energy is.
whoever disliked this invaluable interview has their brains directly attached to the intestines. Priceless learning here. Please, keep it up!
You got that right Muchacho!😜
There just acting......they'll become a thumbs up later👍🏽
Everyones brain is directly connected their intestine
The one actor that pops in my head that fits Duke's definition of acting is Christian Bale. He truly does whatever it takes to deliver a performance regardless of the circumstances.
eec indeed
that try hard? fuck outta here
Abram Little 😂😂😂😂😂 what about Daniel Day Lewis and the late great James Gandolfini !?
Bale, Denzel, Penn, John Voight, Michael Pena, Easai Morales...the list goes on. I admire the art form. What I love seeing the most is a great actor raising the performance of a mediocre actor.
@@williemo44 Denzel Washington is pretty badass.
Its Bill Duke speaking the truth
Perfect explaination. Notice he said "Denzel, when he's in there"
bc I'm sure we all have seen our favorite A list actor/actress slightly miss it.
Deja Vu was hard to believe hahaha 🤣 but that was more the script and world logic haha
Yes! More people should talk about how much COURAGE it takes to commit to any art form, but particularly anything as public as Acting. It is SO MUCH FUN, when you're really doing the work, but it takes a lot of effort and courage to get to it. Too many "actors"(and I use that term ever-so-loosely) swagger around, relying on their "charisma" and good looks to carry them through. They are the epitome of the song "Hey diddly-dee, an actor's life for me..." and their "work" speaks for itself. If you DO THE WORK, the WORK will sustain you. The rest, is silence...
Eh, if it works for them, it works for them. If they fulfill the roles they are hired for, and ppl enjoy those performances enough to make the money back on their movie, their job is done. I HATE when ppl throw terms around like "the work" when we talk about acting, but you don't for carpentry, or plumbing, astrophysics, sanitation or zoology. Everyone is working. As a matter of fact, the actors job doesn't mean shit if other ppl aren't living their lives to the best of their ability, because all they do is show other people's lives.
He's answering the close as he can with out telling it all....key words....it's spiritual and falling into darkness backwards =sunken place
Not really.
I’ll be honest…I think Gary Oldman is one of the most underrated quintessential actors of our generation that has fallen into darkness in every single character that he has ever played…he never acts….he just is….xxx.
I learned more about acting with this video than with all the acting classes I have taken...
Did anyone else Sink into His Responses?
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Yes, and that's a great way to put it
Yesss
Hes a great speaker and teacher, he pulls you in, with thoses pauses and articulation. He creates great illustrations.
I felt him when he said you become and give your soul it reminded me of health ledger playing the joker.
Be real..be in the moment always..Bill Duke is that person...Splendid!
This interview (in its entirety) was UNEXPECTEDLY amazing.
I never did anything close to acting until recently joining a local group to broaden my horizons. I was asked to cold-read with some people and I just did what I thought you should do? And it scared me to death because whatever I did, it felt like falling into a pool of water and “losing yourself” to me. No exaggeration, I was confused for DAYS afterwards and had no understanding of what happened. But I was also intrigued. However, that initial experience was so scary, whatever I had done, that subsequently I do what he’s talking about- try to stay “in control.” I notice it doesn’t feel the same or right, like I hit on something that first time by accident. I’m so glad I found this interview because I keep trying to explain what happened and he said it. “Falling into the darkness backwards.” I know it might sound corny but it was so scary having no clue what was happening in that moment.
As a former acting teacher at National Black Theater in Harlem NYC , Bill truly gives a brillant mini- master acting class that truly sums up the Craft of performing / being / becoming so beautifully.
Acting is also about being able to pretend that it's happening for the first time no matter how many takes.
And editing is about being able to watch a take 1000 times and being able to rewatch as if it’s the first time
Denzel has been uneven and it is great how Duke puts "when he's in there".
Superior explanation.
Fantastic video, thank you Film Courage and Mr. Duke!
Sounds like the sunken place!
Lol I thought of that too
This is the VERY reason I had to quit acting. The art itself will cause mental illness. This is the secret that's swept under the rug.
That's what I thought exactly. Sounds like self-induced mental illness. Creating responses (possibly even psychosomatic responses) to imaginary traumas that were never there in the first place. Scary. And what's this fall into the darkness backwards...sounds like the sunken place. Lol. No thanks.
@Paul 87 maybe...
That about sums it up. So true!
I'd have to agree. It's good that you found out. It's not for everyone.
Think about Linda Blair or Ellen Burstyn, Id never recover. LOL
I think this is what Jim Carrey has been trying 5o say in his most recent interviews
I don't think a great actor can have stage fright because a great actor doesn't even realise the stage is there in the moment. Of course I'm not an actor and I probably have no idea what I'm talking about but it feels right.
I think an actor can have stage fright. I also think on stage he can work thru it as he practices his craft. The stage fright might become less over time..
@@daimonmarioperez9501 Perhaps but I was differentiating between actors and great actors.
Ok, but there are singers such as Barbra Streisand that still deal with stage fright.
@@daimonmarioperez9501 Singing and acting are two different things and I'm not saying it's absolute. I'm not even saying I'm right. Even if I am I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule.
@@BRAVO2I4 performing in front of a live audience
Stage fright like when you are on stage is harder to combat because you’re repeating something over and over. Easier to let go in the moment on film. Because you’ll never have to repeat it again therefore you can be in the moment. Recreating that and replicating is real skill. Which is why movie actors are terrified of stage. Stage actors are legends.
I can understand how someone could say that what Bill Duke is saying means to give up your soul, tapping into the occult, or dark sciences. On the other hand, as a former collegiate athlete, I think I know exactly what he means. A coach teaches fundamentals, strength & conditioning, game like scenarios, and strategy. When it's time to perform, the coach doesn't want the athlete to be thinking and judging every little thing. At the performance moment, a well trained athlete embodies all of the teachings plus the personification of the athlete comes out in opportunistic moments. Sometimes I look at old film of me playing and I say to myself "how did I do that". I'm sure many actors have said the same. It's a little different, but both the actors and athletes must surrender in order to achieve the best performance.
"don't describe, become the character, by falling into the darkness backwards. " WOW.
The guy with the shaver in predator
Jason Mitchell Lol.... one of my all time favourite movies as a kid! Broke the razor on his FACE!
" I'm gon have me some fun" as he attempts to track and kill the predator.
Menace to Society; " you know you fucked up right"
Yas
Jason Mitchell He was also in Commando (with Arnold Schwarzenegger)...that's where I always remember him from.
Acting is becoming, not pretending. Unless its a blockbuster, then theyre probably pretending...
Related forms🤔
PanterA song: BECOMING..
Thank you, Mr. Duke. So very well put.
Very wise man. He would be a great mentor to young actors.
No doubt about it.
Beautiful.
Acting is extracting the emotions of the character from the page and conveying them to the audience.
"Over here. Turn around"--Mac
Anytime
...is life.
Thank you very very very much Mr. Bill Duke
Wow, never considered acting; but still, this post offered excellent food for thought.
Thank you.
The Denzel when he is really in it. That cracked me up.
Acting is mirroring reality or telling a story. It is not the person but the reflection that he/she shows that is what matters.
kinda like heath ledger dey said he had trouble gettn outta bein joker
I saw the movie...the Heath Ledger/joker thing is, to me so over rated and exploited. What was so dark? Check out Brad Pitt as Early Grace in the movie Kalifornia. Now that's going dark and dangerous. Heath Ledger was portraying a comic book villain. Tongue wagging...blah blah blah. Time to get real about his performance...good but not legendary at all.
@@samsmith4216 ha
Brad Pitt in Kalafornia is NOT on the same level as joker...lol..no way.
Pitt was ok, but the DEPTH was not the same. Sometimes he was a little gimmicky in that film. It was still VERY good, but only like 1/3 the level of Heath in Joker.
@@TheFiestyhick just seeing you provide an exact fraction to your comparison of Pitts' Grace to Ledgers' Joker proves to me your opinion is suspect and completely biased. "Gimmicky"? Where?....you mean when he sticks out his tongue inbetween words and sentences? Oh I forgot...that was Ledgers' Joker.
Rudy Amezquita Also Michael B. Jordan, who said that he had to seek counseling after playing Killmonger in Black Panther.
That is the actor in my head when hes speaking. He did the best to edge out shinnings Jack Nicholson your saying something, ive seen shinning 30 times or so it maybe the director made that Joker Nicholson more funny than just straight dark...but to be in same conversation with Jack Nicholson sad hes gone.
100! That's all that can be said about Bill Duke. The brother is The Real, plain and simple.
Ugggggh he's just SO WISE
" I want you to fall into darkness backward" Bill Duke
you have just enlightened me on how to do the role(s) that I have been selected for.
Well if u r falling ur just gona have to use ur own perceptions and idea of how. A person should "be" when u become them. Its not like ur going actually become and act a different way if uve never seen it. Subconciously or conciously ur not going to become somebody else unless u go thru something
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Except Jay Z has no talent or skill.
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Don't ever let them catch you acting and never be boring.
I remember bill in car wash .. He is a great actor and director
I think it was Gary Busey who said, "If you don't believe it, how do you expect anybody else to believe it?" William Shatner said pretty much the same thing, " If you don't believe the lie, nobody else will."
A true linguist and great example of a clear communicator 💯✌
The person I’ve admired for quite some time is James McAvoy. The last thing I saw him in was Split and thought he was brilliant. I saw previews of Glass and can’t wait to see it. I already know what he is going to bring to the role.
Best explanation of what "acting" actually is, "it's not acting it's becoming"!
Really listening to this guy, and he is very astute...intelligent. Wow!
This explains why Linda Blair in the movie 'The Exorcist' was so convincing and the movie was so disturbing when it was made.
“Becoming” yes!
I would like to be a movie stunt man, but not that ambitious about movie acting. I think the potential of your brain chemistry changing is reliant on what kind emotion goes into your roles. Look at the roles Dewayne Johnson has played, Mike Epps, the lady Molly from mike and molly. They all are fine mentally. Seemingly.
Acting is becoming that Person. I like that. Follow the Director. Acting is Not Pretending. Acting is becoming.
Awesome!!!
Just watched Exit Wounds on flix. Duke a boss
Michael B. Jordan said he had to seek counseling after filming, Black Panther. I sooo believe Mr. Duke.
Did Michael specify exactly why he had to seek counseling after his filming for the role as Kilmonger
First of all these actors nowadays don't become shit. Maybe in the 90s. But now I can not see pass the actual person. I see Kevin Hart in any character he plays. Like in the 90s Ice Cube became Doeboy he became Craig. But lately all Ice Cube movies all I see is Ice Cube. I can't remember the name of no characters he played in any of his latest movies.
whats ice cube's real name? think abt it
Ice T same problem. No matter what movie or TV show he's in he seems to be playing the same role and just playing himself. Bill Duke is a real actor.
To be fair, Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are not "actors".....they are performers.
Kevin Hart is a Comedian and Ice Cube is a Musician.
Giants of Acting all mentioned Bill Duke is a Giant
Excellent realism concerning this subject.
Surrender to the spirit meaning let the spirit take over your mind and body so u can truely become that character your channeling .
Now I understand 2pac when he said Why should I lie if I can dramatize
Mr. Duke is a genius. He has enriched our lives.
Some of you are taking what he said the wrong way. "Falling into darkness" means to surrender who you are as a person and fully committing to the role you are playing without fear! Completely disregarding how you will look to an objective audience if you mess up. Not caring if you hit a rock, fence or falling face first into a pile of crap. If you do that you won't have stage fright because it's not you on that stage or on camera.
4:40
"get out" 2017
"Missy tricks Chris into a hypnotherapy session, using the noise of a spoon stirring in a teacup as a hypnotic trigger, ostensibly to cure his smoking addiction. While in a trance, he reveals that his mother was killed in a hit-and-run when he was a child, and he feels guilty because he waited too long to call for help. At Missy's prompting, his consciousness falls into a dark void she calls the "sunken place," where he becomes powerless. The next morning, he finds that his desire to smoke has vanished."
Yes. Become the person. I agree. Wish I was an actor😔
Go for it! I hope you do💪🏾
This is Hi-Lo key spooky. He is totally on it.
“Falling into darkness backwards”.. like the sunken place in the movie Get Out
"You're ghostin' us, motherf***er. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here. Got that?"
Loved this. I've loved Bill Duke since Car Wash.
I love Bill Duke. Abdulah.. all of em.
Im only 3 min in and gawd damn that was deep... definitely a needed to be heard for 2019
Gonna have me some fun!!
Basically conjuring demons. Denzel Washington revealed in the 60 Minutes show with the late Ed Bradley when filming a a scene in Glory which Denzel won his first academy award. Denzel described the scene before shooting as, praying to the spirits to assist him nail that scene. Denzel said further added that he wouldn’t been able to pull that scene off without “The Spirits”. Basically allowing demons to enter Denzel to shoot a “powerful” scene as Ed Bradley opined. Duke said a mouthful without going all in. Invoking spirits to nail a scene is synonymous with conjuring demons. Same difference. Ah! The industry! Smh!
spirits are either angelic or demonic. he was playing an angelic character.
Scarletbull ...wow..never thought about acting being that way. What a surprise but makes sense...look how great Heath Ledger was for playing Joker! Its like everything in this world is bad
Lol you Are a dumbass
Scarletbull I wonder what the Holy Ghost is ? Is that not possession? Sounds like witchcraft to me !
I liked pretty much all of what he was saying, until he came to that point. I can't walk with that. The only spirit I allow to be in charge of me is my own (self control) or the Holy Spirit! An ancient Hebrew proverb states that, "He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls". We have to be very careful, especially in this day and age, if who and what we yield to.
But not everybody falls into darkness in the same way everybody would handle situations differently depending on their mindset, yet the director only wants you to respond in a certain way.
Everyone knows what acting is. Acting is the art of making people believe in a lie. It is lies that are on such a high level that it is a form of art.
u never lie, cause if u have that perception as an actor..then you will pretend, hence be prentencious...you have to believe it's true
@@lalbihari6663 Lying to yourself about it being a lie does not make it any less of a lie. Altering one's personality, taking on a role is not who you are but what you present yourself as and is done by people all the time who are not actors (though they are not as versatile in their roles as a true actor is). An actor does not become Napoleon when he plays Bonaparte's role he takes on the characteristics that the director and writers want him to in order to portray the role he was given. While in the role you may be able to leave aside the parts of yourself that do not fit the role but that does not mean you are what you portray. How far does your belief run in the end? Does it go so far as to have you lose confidence while playing the role of a Jedi when you are not able to move the rock without CG being placed in later as you didn't do it yourself and you believe to "truly" be the character you are playing as your role?
@CreeWilly Truth is subjective. Simply because one believes something to be true does not mean it actually is, and thus therefore under a certain perspective is a lie.
@CreeWilly No you are making it deeper by claiming acting is anything deeper then the art of lying, and by doing so being quite pretentious; claiming it as something lofty.
Demondragonkinggav The story and what’s happening is a lie but the performances are REAL.
Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you Bill.
The Great One, Bill Duke! Wow!
Will and Jada spoke on how Will , after a 2 year period of filming Ali, had difficulty coming out of character. In order to be great you must become the person you are portraying.
The only person alive today that can honestly be the pure example of what he is saying ......is Jim Carrey.....and you all should be ashamed of yourselves for not mentioning him at all.
wow. this is confirmation of thought i had yesterday.
"Fall into darkness backward" Sounds too much like the sunken place to me.
You are just caught up in the visuals....but no.
Well said Mr.Duke.
Thought acting would be showing a side of yourself others haven’t seen being able to say or display to the world things you normally wouldn’t but since it’s a movie you can express your inner self
You become that person you are portaying!!
3:09.... I thought Bill disappeared for a second LMAO
Great answers but actors can have different approaches. Sir Ian McKellen says acting is just pretending. If you’re an aspiring actor, find a process that works for you. Your own mental health is more important than any role you take.
Bill "The Truth" Duke!
Marlon Brando once said something like this in an interview. That we can all be anything really. We are all actors
You ride while whatever spirit is riding you, as you’re falling into darkness backward with no control of your landing. No thanks.
👌 Me neither
He is exactly correct. Acting isn't easy.
One of the best actors ever
Good description of spirit.
Awesome man!
this guy is a good actor, was always deep in his roles.
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I wish these kids today would see and understand these were the people we looked up to growing up. The smarts, the intellect.