Are aspies good at acting?

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My take on the issue;

It really depends on the context. I'm involved in pro wrestling, and within that environment I'm pretty good. I was once called the most realistic referee going around. It's fun and selling (as it's called) in that environment is a joy for me as pro wrestling is a special interest.

In the real world on the other hand, I hate it. Acting in the real world to me is lying and I hate that. I used to do it, and it hurt because no one was buying it and I was penalised - big time. It's partly why I don't work anymore (it was in the work place) although the main reason is that I've been labelled as unemployable by a senior medical officer with the government.

I sometimes manipulate the truth, but I don't do that through acting because I don't need to. And I only do it if a truthful aim is at the root of it. For example, one has to manipulate the truth in the legal system sometimes. That's how I lost a couple of cases because I didn't know that (along with the fact I was battling big business - I've got a better strike rate with individuals).

Good topic!

omg this is gonna be emparessing well ihave once tryet it..i blackked out in midle and waked up in ambulance from bars ..never do it again

As I write in my personal narrative, I am a ventriloquist. I used to be professional. I was also an actor and did summer stock and TV commercials (a long time ago). Later, I became a radio newscaster.

I guess I have potential if I cared. I used to like acting in middle school in my theatre arts classes and was decent. Now, I have absolutely no interest in acting.

I took a public speaking class once, and I did poorly in dramatic interpretation (voice too monotone and facial expression too little), but I excelled in debate and persuasive speaking (mainly because I took positions I cared about and drew up legislation that almost anyone could get behind, especially if they weren't concerned with the fine points of constitutionality, enforceability, and cost). I probably displayed more passion then than when trying to recreate a scene using only my imagination.

I used to act, back in high school. The first play I did was A Thousand Clowns, where I played Murray, the scummy/crazy main character. It was a lot of fun, I gotta say, since I got to go up on stage in my underwear and tell people they don't make any sense, which is basically a half-naked, public version of one of my favorite hobbies.

I was pretty suited to the character- I got picked primarily because Murray Burns was kinda like what would happen if you took me to an almost cartoonish extreme. In fact, the director took advantage of my "nervous gestures" (this is back before I'd ever heard of Asperger's or stimming) as part of the character's myriad eccentricities. And this play actually got me my first kiss, a stage kiss with the girl playing Sandra, the case worker whose engagement Murray ruins; by extension, this play got me a punch square in the neck by an angry, surprised boyfriend that had been sitting in the first row on, thankfully, closing night. The biggest problem I had wasn't acting, or punches in the neck for that matter, but remembering my lines- my memory is absolutely terrible, resulting in one dropped line per show. As long as I remembered what I was supposed to be doing, I did it flawlessly.

After that, I was in a few plays, as a character or as a stagehand (I had an over-the-top death scene in one play!), and I joined the Improv group and The International Theater Society. I've also been a gamer off and on for about the last ten years.

I think the appeal of acting probably lies in the fact that, when you're playing a part, the rules are all laid out in black and white. Enter stage right. Exit stage left. He kisses her.

-C

Supposedly I'm good at acting.

It really comes out when I have to read a book, then I act out everything... people, accents, hydraulics etc..

The kids love it.

I was always pulled into all school plays as the main character. I found acting quite fun and am supposedly quite good at it yet never really paid any real attention to it. Now it has become a possible 'hobby' I might keep on doing on my freetime.

As apposed to creating a new thread I am threaddigging/gravedigging.

I joined acting this year for the first time at high school in my senior year. I am excelling in it. I got an A in the first term. We performed a few days ago and I outperformed by partner. (the class is split into pairs. each pair gets a number, 1 or 2. all 1's are on team 1 and all 2's are on team 2) Apparently I could not have performed the role better.

I was in an improv class freshman year of college. I was playing a schizophrenic person and got way too into it. I started crying and screaming and some people came running down the hall into my classroom, ready to call the cops! They thought something was terribly wrong!

My classmates thought something was wrong with ME after that particular exercise.

So I guess I can act.

Awww that sounds too bad.

I'm a decent actor. I can do a flawless Joker impression.







Yeah, I know, shut up.

I did well in an acting class.

Used to go on stage at comedy clubs for 'open mic' night and got laughs.

I spoofed the entire "we are the world" video once - the crowd loved it.

Havent done that lately.

Everyday I walk out the house to be among the NTs I am acting otherwise I would get twice as much weird looks.

Yeah, Todesking, I am thinking that acting like NT's has turned me into a great actor of anything. As long as I am willing to fit the role.