Accidental Prompting
Feb. 11th, 2008 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird_ljPlay rehearsal last night.
Unfortunately, I am very good at learning lines. Not just mine - everyone's. And unfortunately, I am extremely bad at monitoring the stuff I'm saying, or stopping it from coming out of my mouth.
So, when someone on stage hesitates, I call out their next line. It's not even a conscious action on my part - it's just instinctive.
But I'm not supposed to be talking at all while people are rehearsing scenes. I'm certainly not supposed to be prompting them!
It's just so hard not to...
Unfortunately, I am very good at learning lines. Not just mine - everyone's. And unfortunately, I am extremely bad at monitoring the stuff I'm saying, or stopping it from coming out of my mouth.
So, when someone on stage hesitates, I call out their next line. It's not even a conscious action on my part - it's just instinctive.
But I'm not supposed to be talking at all while people are rehearsing scenes. I'm certainly not supposed to be prompting them!
It's just so hard not to...
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Date: 2008-02-11 02:11 am (UTC)Last night I did actually slap my hand over my mouth a couple of times...