How to make my self cry for a show?

Question:I really wanna know how to make myself cry for a show and i can't take idiotic answers from the people that say stick onions under your eyes...and i need to know . Just tell me and i know it will take practice but i am willing to do it...I NEED IT BY THE END OF 2 MONTHS!!!...AHHH SOMEONE HELP!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I really wanna know how to make myself cry for a show and i can't take idiotic answers from the people that say stick onions under your eyes...and i need to know . Just tell me and i know it will take practice but i am willing to do it...I NEED IT BY THE END OF 2 MONTHS!!!...AHHH SOMEONE HELP!

The best way to cry is to emotionally react to your character's circumstances.

I know that sounds unhelpful but really it is the only way to truthfully do it and not give it either undue emotion (grafting on sad thoughts that have nothing to do with your play) or make it look incredibly fake.

Thinking sad thoughts that have nothing to do with the play are a bad idea, it leads to sloppy unbelievable acting. The only way this works is if you are playing a sociopath. In real life when you are in sad situations you aren't crying for something completely different, you are crying for what you are currently experiencing.

If your circumstances are sad enough that tears are due and you are in the moment it will happen.

Think about someone very close to you who has passed away.

I've done this on TV many times! My trick is go online and look for VERY VERY sad stories about something you care about. I usually look for something to do with mistreated animals . If yo cry looking at it remember how your body works to cry and try to make that happen in your preformance. Or think about it on stage. Or think about a passed away person of whom you miss. GOOD LUCK!

well the thing i do when i need to cry on the spot is tink of something super sad that always makes you cry. i never got to meet my grandpa so i always think about him and it makes me cry every time. if that doens't work then you could go to an acting coach and they can train you to do so.good luck! hope this helped!

you may be able to get drops that help tears come to your eyes dont no what they are called but they use it in acting.
try google on the internet.

Think of something sad. Always works for me.

You could actually pinch yourself till the tears come, or have something to think about that always makes you cry (for me it's the episode of William & Mary when 4 teenagers died and everyone from the school sang at their funeral). good luck.

Think of your family,,parents and grandparents,,

The time they lived was so much harder and full of sadness,,

You may want to check out Lee Strasberg and "method acting." I went to the Lee Strasberg theater institute and their methods are all about training yourself in visualization through relaxation techniques and discipline. Buy the books if you want but try and take a class.

Just think of somtin sad

Sad thoughts are always good and help sometimes but another way is to try and look at something like a white wall where it doesn't move and is one color so if your doing a cold read look maybe right above the directors head and also if u keep ur eyes open for a little while before u need to it should dry your eyes out a little and make your body naturally build up tears to wet your eyes.

There are many different internal and external ways.

Internally (i.e. the method), finding what makes the character sad and relating it to a similar experience you've had. (It really does no good to just think of something sad that doesn't relate to the character.)

Externally, many different techniques. One that always works for me is just putting my face/throat/mouth/body into the position of crying. Quivering lip, tensed eyebrows, maybe a small physical sob.

Research the situation your character is in, then put yourself in it's place. Hopefully you'll let out a teardrop from there.

You could also try thinking of something sad, but that isn't really good because if it's your boyfriend/girlfriend breaking up with you in the scene, and your thinking about a loved one that passed way. You'll probably end up crying the wrong way.

Try staring. Don't let your eyes blink, and that should make them water a bit. Which is part of the way there.