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Actor/Actress
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Actors/actresses work through business agents who arrange for opportunities to audition for a role in a theatrical performance, movie or an advertising commercial on radio or TV.
Actors/actresses study and practice a new script for each audition. They confer with the producer to learn about the role to be portrayed and the style of speech and body language desired.
Actors/actresses interpret a new part or role in order to develop the character's personality as desired by the author and producer. They rehearse with co-actors to smooth out the acting interactions. Actors/actresses read and analyze supplementary background information about the character portrayed in sources such as history books, the archives or earlier works by the author.
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