The whole worlds a stage and I get stage fright.
I'll just say it, I'm pretty shy in public at times.
Some people that have a blog that I read have a very good public manner as well. I think I started writing because I gave up on being an orator and a mingling party guest a long time ago. I wish I could talk as easily as I could type.
The last time I talked in front of people was at a memorial service where I was a guest speaker. I have no idea what I said to be honest, because I was too busy having a death grip on the podium to keep from falling over and trying to look in the general direction of people in the seats. (I think I was looking at the lights though to be truthful.)
I can do alright one on one at times if I know the person or they approach me first and strike up a conversation. If I don't know the person and I want to meet them I usually just kind of walk up to them, forget what I was going to say, and they kind of give me that "Nice to meet you...I could swear you were going to actually say hello at least" look. I don't know if they realize I am just a little shy (ok a lot of shy) or if I scare them.
It's nice though when some people you see but don't really know you but remember your name and say hello and call you by your name. It makes me smile with a few hundred people roaming around that someone actually remembers me that doesn't really talk to me every day.
It makes you feel less like a wall fixture and more like a person.
Being shy also has it's advantages. It is easy to have a little humility when you are shy, if you start feeling invincible you just have to think about standing in front of a crowd. Suddenly I am just Janus again, one of the faces in the crowd. You also don't get burdened with too many people chasing you down to talk to you when you are trying to work, being a people person can be a tiring job especially when you have your mind on other things.
If I was feeling reckless I would try out for a play or group class or something, but I always chicken out about a week before auditions. Always another day, always another day.
Some people that have a blog that I read have a very good public manner as well. I think I started writing because I gave up on being an orator and a mingling party guest a long time ago. I wish I could talk as easily as I could type.
The last time I talked in front of people was at a memorial service where I was a guest speaker. I have no idea what I said to be honest, because I was too busy having a death grip on the podium to keep from falling over and trying to look in the general direction of people in the seats. (I think I was looking at the lights though to be truthful.)
I can do alright one on one at times if I know the person or they approach me first and strike up a conversation. If I don't know the person and I want to meet them I usually just kind of walk up to them, forget what I was going to say, and they kind of give me that "Nice to meet you...I could swear you were going to actually say hello at least" look. I don't know if they realize I am just a little shy (ok a lot of shy) or if I scare them.
It's nice though when some people you see but don't really know you but remember your name and say hello and call you by your name. It makes me smile with a few hundred people roaming around that someone actually remembers me that doesn't really talk to me every day.
It makes you feel less like a wall fixture and more like a person.
Being shy also has it's advantages. It is easy to have a little humility when you are shy, if you start feeling invincible you just have to think about standing in front of a crowd. Suddenly I am just Janus again, one of the faces in the crowd. You also don't get burdened with too many people chasing you down to talk to you when you are trying to work, being a people person can be a tiring job especially when you have your mind on other things.
If I was feeling reckless I would try out for a play or group class or something, but I always chicken out about a week before auditions. Always another day, always another day.
Labels: rants
posted by Janus Torrell at 5:42 AM
5 Comments:
I got interviewed for 7 seconds on local tv news once. If you had sat on a couch and watched the results with me afterwards, we could have both melted with embarrassment.
Acting onstage can be different: You have prepared lines to speak, plus you are playing another person. Hey, if HE screws up...haha blame him.
I found the best cure for my shyness was to develop my brash, overbearing personality. The funny thing is that if you play the part long enough, you start to really live it. After a number of years, I have reached my arrogance potential.
it's something to stride for :)
Hey, why else was the internet invented? It's for all the text people. :)
And research..yeah thats it..research
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