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Since 2003, I have been in training to be an actor and have appeared in off-Off-Broadway productions and independent & student films. I currently live in NYC, where I act, paint, write . . . and dream . . .

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What is absolutely the best way to remember your lines while rehearsing?

MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.

Tony Noice, an actor, director, teacher and cognitive researcher and author of "The Nature of Expertise in Professional Acting: A Cognitive View (Expertise, Research and Applications)" has done research on how actors learn lines - and on memory in general. One of his latest studies confirms what professional actors already know:

The best way to learn your lines in rehearsal is to "mean what you say." Tony calls the process 'active experiencing:'

"[The] First thing you do is read [the...

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