Actor Aaron Marcus explains how folding laundry or doing dishes while reciting lines reveals whether you've truly memorized them. The shift in environment and divided attention exposes gaps in memory that rehearsing alone won't catch. Practice lines in varied locations to ensure you can deliver them effortlessly on set.
Hey, I'm Aaron Marcus. I just got finished auditioning for a TV show back in the 1800s. And so I always like to dress at least appropriately for the auditions. And so that's why I'm looking like this. But hey, let me tell you what I want to share with you today. I'm working on a TV show, actually, the second episode later today. And I had to memorize a fair amount of dialogue, a couple pages. And so one thing that I learned is that you can sit in your room, sit in your chair, stand up in your room and go through lines and think you have it. And then you show up on set or in another kind of atmosphere, a different kind of place. And it feels very different. And you don't have it quite as well memorized as you thought. So here is something that will be a great test for you, a great way of really knowing, do you really know your lines? And it has to do with folding your laundry. So here's what you want to do. You think you've got your lines done, and then what you want to do is Some other task, something— doing laundry is one thing. It could be anything. It could be sweeping. It could be doing dishes, just anything that forces you to concentrate on something else but run your lines. And what I find is, like when I was doing laundry and I was folding it up and I'm doing my lines, that told me very clearly I was on track. I seemed to be getting the lines down pretty well. So a great trick and a great barometer and a great test to see, do you really have your lines? First of all, when you're redoing— you're practicing your lines, do them in another place, whether it's walking outside, maybe you're working outside, just something. Outside of where you have been studying it and something that grabs your attention, something that forces you to think about something else, and then do your lines and see if it just happens. Because if that's the case, you've got your lines down. So I can't wait to get back to the set later today, and maybe I can share the experiences with you as well. Hey, don't forget, If you are watching this on YouTube and you haven't subscribed to my channel yet, make sure you click the subscribe button and the little bell, the little notification button, and that way you will always know when I upload a new video. And please share this link with other people. I want to build and continue building a large community of people who are helping each other in the industry. So send it out through your social media, send it out to your friends. And the very last thing, If you can, I would greatly appreciate if you would make a donation. At the bottom, you'll see a link for my PayPal account. And whatever is good for you, whatever is something you can afford, it doesn't make any difference how little, how much. I would greatly appreciate you being a part of this Acting and Modeling Quick Tip channel and help support it. And so anyhow, I would greatly appreciate you doing that. I'm Aaron Marcus, and look, if you do have other If you have any questions or topics that you want me to discuss, just let me know. You can go to howtoactandmodel.com/home and you can write to me or leave a comment, a direct message here as well. And, you know, if I can, it's something that I will talk about in another quick tip. Talk to you soon. Bye. Bye.
