What Is the Definition of an Actor?

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"What is the definition of an actor? Well an actor is just that, someone who acts, someone who performs, someone who pretends to be something that they perhaps are not. An actor is someone who can be many things, can be funny, can be emotional, can be mysterious, can be out there, can be really conservative. An actor can take on like a chameleon someone else's persona. So a good actor may go through different acting classes. They may go to acting school and there are other's who may just be naturals. They may try out at an audition and really just have a natural ability to capture the screen and portray their emotions in a way that really comes across on screen as a natural. So, the definition of an actor is someone who acts, someone who performs, someone who can become something else than what they may be."