acting/fantasy worlds

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When I was 18 I was in the chorus of a production of the musical The King And I, as one of the King's wives. I'm kind of a mimic/method actor, and there was a lot of "don't turn your back on the king, always bow before you speak, sit perfectly still, show respect" sort of thing. I loved it, because within the play I had created some sort of structure for myself where rules were clear and I knew exactly what was expected of my character socially. I wished that I was really one of the wives of the King of Siam just because I felt comfortable in the role. My half brother was the stage manager and he said that I was one of the most believable wives. Other women would fidget while they were sitting and I was always like "omg, you're fidgeting in front of the King!" I know that the 'King' was just another actor playing the part, but I took that role so seriously.

I've never had a role since that felt like that. Has anyone had a similar experience? Are your fantasy worlds clearly structured?

When I was very young I would pretend to be cartoon characters or animals with my siblings and the few friends I had. And I would always sort of govern what we were doing, saying things like "oh no you can't do that, that character wouldn't act that way," or "that animal can't do that, it can only do this," etc.

I was eventually excluded from my friends events and wasn't invited over. They apparently didn't like me telling them how to play pretend. One friend, who I had always invited to my birthday and was supposed to be my best friend at the time, said "I can't invite you this year, cause I want to invite people from my class in school, so there isn't enough room for you."

Another time I got into an argument with him because I was telling him how the Wandering Albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, and just to piss me off he said "nuh uh it is the California Condor," and we argued back and forth for a minute, then he bit me.

Anyway, sorry for the rant, yes my fantasy worlds are always clearly structured as well.

I don't act, but I do have an imaginary world. A couple of years ago, it was very rigidly structured. As of the past 6 months, it's gotten a lot more relaxed - perhaps too relaxed, because without the structure it once had, it's getting pretty chaotic. Time to whip those imaginary friends of mine into shape! *cracks knuckles*

I played a minor part in a youth club pantomime once, and thoroughly enjoyed that. Didn't have more than 3 or 4 lines to speak, but I got the yokel accent right.....I got my first girlfriend from it too, because she saw me from the audience and thought I looked nice. And it brought the club members closer together.

Haven't done any acting since.......might do one day, though music seems to take care of my social needs, so there's no need yet.