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Question:Every Friday night i go to this drama group. I have some friends there but as it is full of very showy people i sometimes feel a bit small. How can I make myself look and seem stronger and sociable when i go? Also i have auditions next week and i need to work up my confidence. Any tips???

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Every Friday night i go to this drama group. I have some friends there but as it is full of very showy people i sometimes feel a bit small. How can I make myself look and seem stronger and sociable when i go? Also i have auditions next week and i need to work up my confidence. Any tips???

just be yourself love, xxx

where is that boyfriend with all that back bone.. we need him now. a small thought , but think of it like your the only one there. good luck

many top star actors are shy and not showy, just be you and as you get older maybe you'll be more confident. The more acting practise you have, the more confident you'll feel.

come in wearing something that will make u the center of attention and be proud of the attention u get. thatz wut i do! tehe

If you don't want to feel small in a drama group, then all you have to do is exaggerate yourself.

For example, you see something you like. Don't act like you like it, act like you love it. If you're happy, act like you're ecstatic, and if you're sad act like you're very sad indeed.

Keep this performance going throughout the duration of the group, and you'll soon out-showy all of them there! By exaggerating yourself, you're creating a bigger character, and creating room for yourself to be confident. But don't just act confident, act not just like you own the place, but like you're the reigning monarch, and these people you're auditioning to are your loyal subjects.

Act, exaggerate, even caricature if you prefer that term, and become larger than life.

For inspiration: Kenneth Williams, (I could continue with a list of other people, but I won't bother because Williams does/did this very well. He's all you need!) There are others out there. Find some people who inspire you, and discover what it is about them that you find compelling. Then try to work that into your own style.

I just sat through a full day of auditions for my friend's feature film - so I have gotten to be a part of the audition process from the other side for once.

I can tell you that the "showy" people and the people who came off as cocky were the first ones in the "No" pile.

The people who we are most interested in casting are the ones who came off as genuine and honest.

We had a lot of actors audition and only a small handful of them were cast-able. That surprised me the most. When I go to auditions, I always got so nervous especially when there were a lot of people competing for the same few roles.

I have learned so much from getting to be on the other side.

1. Always go to the audition. Don't talk yourself out of it. It is worth going.

2. The director, casting director, etc. really want you to do well, and they want to hire you. I've heard people tell me this before, but it finally sunk in. They need to cast actors for their show - and auditions are nerve wracking for them, too - because they hope they find someone good to play the part. And every actor who comes in - they want them to do a good job. There were so many nervous actors I just wanted to hug and tell them it was okay.

3. Be sure to follow directions. You'd be surprised at how many actors could not or would not follow simple instructions. If you're told, "take this form, go in that room, and fill it out," what should you do? Take the form, go in the room, and fill it out. You don't know how many people would hand out in the hallways to fill out their form. This information was related back to the director later. Same with actors who were asked to slate their name and where they're from. So many people would either not say where they were from or they would add on other things to say. Directors notice this.

4. Many actors also had unconscious habits that were distracting. Many would sway back and forth all through their scene. Others would bite their lip or fiddle with their clothes. They're not even aware that they're doing it.

5. The other thing I noticed with actors is that many would try too hard - which made them come across as very fake or overly showy. They would over enunciate their words or consonants, some would become stiff in their movements, some would suddenly develop an accent. It was strange.

So the advice I could give you to make you stand out in a good way is... go to the audition, follow directions, be pleasant and not cocky, don't sway, bite your lip, or tug on your clothes, and act natural, genuine, and honest - and you will be way ahead of the game. It sounds like very simple things, but you would be surprised at how many actors don't do these things.

for auditions wear something that your comfortable in and feel confident about, because what you wear will definetily change your personality. If you don't feel comfortable everyone will know it. Come in with a smile and pretend you are the only on there, or that everyone in the seats are just big cardboard cut outs. If you have really bad stage fright, try and focus your eyes on the people you are auditioning for, and dont make eye contact with people out in the seats. Practice what you are going to audition in front of a mirror and maybe film yourself doing it so you can hear yourself later and make changes. I hope this helped and good luck!!

its all in the walk. don't be overly showy with your actions and stuff, like your all overly dramatic and you think you should be the center of attention. act like yourself, but try not to let everyone see how nervous or self concious you are. but like i said, its all in the walk and how you hold yourself. stand up straight during your auditions and try to move around. practice the movements in the mirror. DONT just sway back in forth unless your singing something about being nervous. and walk around like you think your the ****. not snobby though. if you don't understand, pretend your a model and then walk around your house. there you go thats the walk and everyone will notice you. and if your wondering what to wear, wear something you feel comfortable in but is kind of cute

Speaking as a theatre technician, I'd say keep doing exactly what you're doing.

redbraids has it spot on - the really showy ones who breeze in assuming that they own the part before they say a word go straight out again. They are showy, but can they act? Confidence is different from showiness and you seem pretty confident to me.

And you'd be surprised how shy most actors are when they're off stage. Someone I will not name (but is a household name) keeps saying that he's surprised he ever gets cast - and it's just shyness on his part.

I wish you well for the future!

Can you act? Well, act confident.