On Sep 17, 9:48 pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:   
   > That irked me, too.  I assumed the comment was Jerry's, not Joe Chicago's.  I   
   > guess if you're a dabbler rather than a professional who has worked years at   
       
   > your craft, the rest of the script wouldn't concern you.   
   I think the part of the alleged quote that caused Doyle to use the   
   word "delusional" was that about needing "the code" rather than   
   O'Hare's method of learning lines.   
   In any case there is nothing unusual about actors - professional or   
   otherwise - paying attention only to their own parts.  (And, as you   
   certainly know, the practice, especially in musical theater, is often   
   to give some actors only "sides" containing their own scenes rather   
   than full scripts )  There's also nothing unusual about some actors   
   going through the whole script only for the purpose of counting up how   
   many lines they (and others) will have.     
   Someting missing from most of what I've read of this thread (and I   
   confess I haven't look at every post) is the difference between   
   television or film acting and acting for the stage, which not everyone   
   here understands well.   
   Plays are peformed in sequence, over the space of a couple of hours at   
   most.  The action is concentrated and actors are never more than a few   
   feet from the stage, and they generally listen attentively for their   
   cues.   
   A two hour film will be shot out of sequence, over a period of months   
   or longer, a one hour TV series episode also out of sequnce, over a   
   period of only a few days, with the next script going before the   
   cameras only a few days after that.  In both cases it can make   
   sense .for actors to concentrate on their own parts.   
   Regards,   
   Joe   
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