ADVICE I WOULD GIVE TO A (DEVELOPING) ACTOR/ACTRESS
It is important to be able to visualise in your mind what you are saying out loud when performing your monologue. For instance, a line that my character Allie says is "his pokes left little indentations all over my body because there was no life in my skin". What I would make sure I do is create an image in my head of that to perform to that line to the best of my ability. If I can apply this technique to one of my lines, I should be able to apply it to the rest of my lines and perform my monologue as good as possible.
When you breathe whilst saying your lines, it should come from your belly - not from your head. Doing this technique helps the performance seem less rehearsed. Furthermore, your line should come from the objective you give your character to make you speak, not the action making you speak. It should not be an intellectual process when developing a piece of theatre you have to perform. The application of it should be purely physical and you should graft it.
Acting is about finding your artistic side on stage and find the honesty of what you're saying. It is important to believe in the lines you project on stage, not just say them without any meaning behind them.
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