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commentr/StutterJan 10, 2024
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Not too bad, I fumbled a bit but quickly caught myself before they could pick up on it. I have a tendency to not stutter as much when speaking English as it isn't my first language. Acting like a pers...

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postr/StutterJan 10, 2024
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Is anyone's stutter similar? Looks like comedy to me as in staged.

Is anyone's stutter similar? Looks like comedy to me as in staged. ...

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postr/StutterJan 3, 2024
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Stuttering and intonation/pauses/tempo

Stuttering and intonation/pauses/tempo Have any of you noticed that you have no personal, distinct way of speaking (like intonation, pauses, tempo etc)? I feel like I stutter less when I try to speak ...

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postr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Is it true stuttering is cured by acting??? (Bruce Willis,Emely Blunt,Anthony Hopkins,Samuel L Jackson) all of them can agree

Is it true stuttering is cured by acting??? (Bruce Willis,Emely Blunt,Anthony Hopkins,Samuel L Jackson) all of them can agree [deleted]...

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commentr/StutterDec 13, 2023
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Is plenty Hollywood actors who “cured himself” Samuel l Jackson,Bruce Willis and more ,even Ed Sheeran.So maybe we need do acting class or singing 🤔 🤣🤣🤣...

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commentr/StutterDec 11, 2023
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I can get that somewhat. When I had a job with a lot of phone calls, often explaining something to someone, it was easy to go into “news anchor” mode and was pretty fluent that way....

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2023
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This helps a lot. Need another advice from you, how do you usually try to be a character? Do you constantly tell yourself things that the character does or anything?...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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For the most part I only use voice changing strategies in voice acting. Outside of that though it’s hard to change your voice while still sounding natural, so I just keep to my regular voice when in p...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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That's super interesting. Do you use it only when voice acting or on your day to day life too? How do you do it without being too noticeable?...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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If you watched "Shakespeare in Love," there was a scene when a tailor, Wabash, was preparing for his role in "Romeo and Juliet". He was a stutterer (severe) when he was reading the script. When Will...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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I don’t have any advice for acting. If you were nominated for this role, that should mean you are capable right? Is this your first speaking role in 3 semesters? Sorry for all the questions, but onc...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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I was always under the impression that those kinds of activities were good for stutterers because we aren't ourselves/we're playing a character, so the stutter was a non-issue. I hope that this ends u...

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2023
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I’m currently an aspiring voice actor with a stutter and what really helps me stay fluent is simply changing my voice; whether it be the tone, accent, inflections on specific words or sounds, the volu...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2023
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While this is true, a play relies almost entirely on the actors performance, & a stutter unfortunately makes it much more difficult to perform well....

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2023
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Do you mean Jon Bernthal? I think that was a mistake on someone else's part and he is indeed not a stutterer. I could be wrong though. But there are so many of us. I wish I was pushed into acting as ...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2023
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Truth! I was able to perform onstage if I adopted a slight accent when I spoke my lines. I imagine all these people on your list have/had similar strategies....

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2023
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I love acting and was a part of a few theater productions when I was in school and uni. My mindset is that I, as a person, stutters. The character I’m playing doesn’t and just don’t. I know it’s easie...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2023
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>*I love theatre and acting* Great post! Have you tried doing silly voices to not stutter like Emily Blunt? Emily Blunt talks about her past when she got bulied for her childhood stutter. But one...

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commentr/StutterNov 19, 2023
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When i was a kid i wanted to be an actor more than anything. Didnt let stuttering hold me back. Went to acting school classes and even got an agent an everything. Auditioned a couple times but never g...

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commentr/StutterNov 7, 2023
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Yeah, I’ve heard about that. Stutters doing impersonations don’t tend to stutter as well...

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