How to Prepare a Monologue

Series Summary

The entertainment industry has been around since the existence of civilization. Human beings enjoy being entertained in many different facets. Plays, movies, television, comedy and many other entertainment avenues are a large part of how people express their creative sides. Whether an actor or a manager there is a need for a business side and a creative side of entertainment. That is why it is called the entertainment industry. Play writing is just as important as acting and acting is just as important as management these days. These free videos from an experienced entertainment guru are great tools for anyone thinking of getting into the entertainment industry. This experienced television actor explains many of the different parts of the entertainment industry including television acting, writing screenplays, writing plays, writing comedy and audition tips. Take this advice and go book some gigs!

Video Transcript

"How to get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice, so you want to be an actor. You want to learn a monologue. How do prepare a monologue? Well, my name is Joe Pauly. I've been in the entertainment field, and TV world, for about twenty years. Here's my advice for you. First, find a script that you like. Find something, and there's a character in there that you can identify with, that you like, and know that play, know that script, backwards and forwards. Get your script. Learn it, learn it, learn it. Memorize it, memorize it, memorize it, no secret to that. Maybe tape your voice, rehearse it. Learn it backwards and forwards. Maybe this play has been done as a motion picture. You can watch that. Go to shows. Learn and see how some other actors do certain parts. If the performance is playing at a place, see how this person does it, and there's no secret to it. Learn what they do good. Copy from it, learn what they don't do so good. Stay away from that. Learn it, learn it, learn it. When you go to do your monologue, make sure the length of the monologue is what they're looking for, and it always helps to know if they're looking for a comedy one, do a comedy one. If they're looking for a serious drama one, do a serious drama one. Learn it, know it, move around. Put some emotion into it, and nail, nail, nail that monologue, so you can get that job. I'm here to help you out. That's my best advice. I'm Joe Pauly, and good luck to you."