How do u exactly cry on cue? If you can't cry on cue, does that mean you don't have talent?

Question

ok, i have tried doing this several times, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. i know i know, ure suppose to think of something sad that happened in your life and all that. yes, i tried that. But sometimes it just doesn't work, no matter how hard i try. BUT sometimes, occasionally it works. theres lots of times, where i need to listen to sad music to do it. but when an actor is filiming a sad scene for a movie. they don't really play music in the background. they edit the music in after filming it. so i wont be able to listen to sad music while doing crying scenes. its really difficult. but if i can't do it, does it mean i have bad acting? are there even some really talented actors out there that can't even cry on cue like me? am i alone? how can i be successful as an actor, if i can't cry on cue, that well?

Answer 1

Well, I believe the "Method" says that you have to find, as you mentioned above, a stimulus.  In other words, sit down and analyze your life.  Think of something REALLY traumatic that has happened to you.  Then you play it over in your head (this should not be attempted alone because you could access a memory TO powerful and hurt yourself).  Then you play it again and again and again until it becomes like second nature to you.  Some people cry bucketfuls, you may cry just a little.  The point is that it will be natural to YOU, and it will be a unique way of crying singular to you, because you are the character.  After practicing this memory it should be quick for you to access.  Hope this helps.  Break a leg!

Answer 2

Few men have that gift.  I can just think of certain things in my life that have happened and begin to cry, or listen to Elliot Smith songs and sob.  But I wouldn't do it in public.        

Answer 3

Get where your character is coming from, investigate the perspective of the chacter, then inhabit that character.

What the character is saying (the text) is who they are...if they are meant to cry, your reactions and body will follow.  

Don't stress out about it or over think it (a sure fire way to put too much pressure on yourself and lose the inspiration).

Also, be sure to do centering exercises and place your breath and voice (breathing exercises) before you go to tell your characters story...basically giving your voice to the character when your called to do so.  All will follow naturally.

Answer 4

i am also an aspiring actress and i sometimes worry about crying on cue as well. What I do is remember some lines and then there should be a reason why you have to cry and try to be in that character's shoes. Don't act the character, be the character. I practice this a lot, and also practice different emotions as well.  There really is no secret, just be.

Answer 5

I think you have to really analyze the reason that you should be crying. You need to put yourself in the character's shoes and make it real for you, even if it isn't. You just have to think about how sad it is for them, and then it might come naturally.  

Answer 6

You can learn to cry on cue, but even then, it doesn't usually work every time. After awhile you will figure out what memory is most likely to trigger tears. It will take practice.

One of the most respected young actors today told me if he can't cry, he pulls out a nose hair. That's another technique, a bit of pain, and then even the memory of it can bring back the tears. (But hey, don't hurt yourself too much!)

Answer 7

Crying on cue is a very difficult thing for most actors to do. Some of the best ways to do so would be to put yourself in your character's shoes but if that fails imagine your own depression. Picture yourself crying. If you still fail you can always make it seem as if you were crying by putting your face in your hands and talking like you're crying.

Good luck! I hope this has helped.

Answer 8

ive heard that you cant think about a very bad experience in your life for it to work. idk how to explain it, like say your singing or something you just have to let it go on its own. try singing a sad song that a person cries in, like in legally blonde when elle is crying. you'll feel the emotion without having to think so hard about a bad event that makes you cry. sorry i couldnt explain it better

Answer 9

Crying is easy - you can rub an onion under your eyes.

Understanding sorrow is difficult. Each person expresses sorrow in different ways, sometimes crying and bawling, sometimes holding it in, and being stoic and straightfaced.  Sometimes with a tremble, a clenching of the hand, a biting of the lip.

It is difficult to bring yourself to feel sorrow on a whim.  You simply dont want to do it - no one wants to feel sorrow.  

Each sorrow is specific to a character, you need to understand how and why the character hurts to understand how to portray the hurt, to show how it affects him.  Its deep and its tough and it requires showing yourself as fully exposed as possible.

A lot of people fake it, dont take it into themselves.  It takes time and commitment to the character, and even then it wont always come.  You learn how to do it, a little bit at a time.

Answer 10

It's more of a problem for stage actors.  In filmmaking they create authentic crying via facial expressions, certain vocal sounds, eyedrops, nosedrops, etc.  

Answer 11

no it means you're dehydrated silly!

im just kidding lol

just try to get into the feeling really good like it's actually real.  Or think about something really sad.  It works for me all the time!

good luck