Inner Monologue in Acting This page intentionally left blank Inner Monologue in Acting Rob R oznowski INNER MONOLOGUE IN ACTING Copyright © Rob Roznowski, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-35427-3 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-137-35428-0 ISBN 978-1-137-35429-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137354297 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: September 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Sadie and Chip Carter This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Exercises ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Acting 5 2 Inner Monologue (IM) in Basic Psychology 9 Mikayla, Actor 1 9 3 IM Everyday 2 1 4 IM in Acting 27 Carolyn, Actor 3 7 5 IM as Enemy 3 9 6 IM versus Subtext 4 7 Jacqueline, Actor 5 3 7 IM in Transitions 55 8 IM Alone Onstage 61 Kirill, Actor 6 7 9 IM in Objective/Tactic/Obstacle 6 9 Stephanie, Actor 7 9 10 IM Out of Your Head 8 1 11 IM in Script Scoring 9 3 Zev, Actor 1 11 12 IM in Drama 1 15 viii Contents 13 IM in Film 121 14 IM in Classical Theatre 127 Sarah, Actor 1 35 15 IM in Musical Theatre 1 37 16 IM in Comedy 147 Andrew, Actor 155 17 IM in Style 1 57 Rachel, Actor 1 69 18 IM in Auditions 1 71 19 IM in Other Psychological Theories 1 79 20 IM in Other Performance Forms 1 91 Ian, Actor 2 01 Conclusion 205 Works Referenced 2 09 IM Testimonial Contributors 213 Index 2 15 Exercises Bench Exercise #1 12 List Exercise 13 Bench Exercise #2 14 I Want Exercise 15 Bench Exercise #3 16 Dream and IM Journal Exercise 22 Free Association Exercise 22 Priorities Exercise 23 Out Loud Exercise 23 Projecting Exercise 24 Choices Exercise 30 Note Exercise 33 Inner Dialogue Exercise 33 In and Out Exercise #1 34 Percentage Exercise 41 Cast Your IM Exercise 44 Simple Script Exercise 49 Handbag Exercise 50 Subtext Exercise 51 Transition Exercise 59 Blocking Exercise 62 Alone Onstage Exercise 63 Props Exercise 65 Objective Exercise 70 Tactic Exercise 72 Expectation Exercise 73 Obstacles Exercise 75 Wins/Losses Exercise 76 Debate Exercise 82 Physical Exercise 83 Focus on the Other Exercise 85 Single Word Exercise 86