REHEARSALS: prompting requests around the world

[missliz]

In high school there was this one actor (quite a few others did it often too, but he did it constantly) that would say "Sorry" every time he'd forget a line so it was a COMPLETE break in acting because of course the director or I the first couple times would feel the need to respond "Don't say sorry" or "Don't worry about, just keep going". I'd give the line and then he'd go a few more words and say it again, and again...and again. And eventually I was just getting mad that he was saying "Sorry" so much that I was getting frustrated and angry and it seemed like he should be apologizing. It was the most infuriating thing.

This is my biggest problem...when going up on a line breaks the scene and takes the actor out of character. I emphasize that point when actors are off-book, and it seems to help with actors only calling "line" and not futzing around and ruining momentum.