Two of the main girls I babysit right now love acting / storytelling / any kind of performing really. And the younger one (8), when she learned more about my pursuit of acting, decided one day that I should "practice," and this is what she did:
We're sitting in my car waiting for her older sister (12) to get out of play practice and she's like, "Okay Tracy, act scared." [I do a scared face.] "Act sad." [I do a sad face.] "Act surprised." [I do a surprised face.]
She thinks this is so funny / awesome, and she and her sister both started doing it to me yesterday, and every time I did whatever thing they told me, they'd be like, "Whoa, that's good." HA ha ha. I like acting with them because it reminds me not to take it so seriously. Like in acting class we're always trying to figure out our thoughts behind the line and how to really get into character in a real way so we're not "acting" but just "being" or whatever; but with the girls, I just put on a surprised face or a scared face, and they think it's so great! So I'm like, Why am I trying sooooo hard in acting to "become" something I'm not when really all I have to do is just pretend it / put on a face, and wow, hey guess what, that works!
