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26-29,
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writes:Recently I've developed feelings for a guy- a guy who is four years older than me. And who happens to be my vice drama teacher.We've been talking a lot recently, not just about basic topics but also deeper, more meaningful things.I know nothing can happen, and we are just friends.And it's pretty clear he doesn't see me the same way back.However, we are doing a scene together and I wondered if anybody had any tips on how to get him to see me as more grown up, how to dress etc etc? And, how to possibly create 'a moment'?Also, I make awful nervous giggling noises around him and can't a straight face, which is infuriating as it makes me seem immature. Any advice? Thanks :)
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reader, CindyCares  +, writes (23 May 2013):
 First things first : don't get distracted, don't get confused. As an actor doing scene study, you have to focus on the scene, and on the characters, not on your scene partner and on how you relate to him as a person. If you are doing Romeo and Juliet , you have to love him as Juliet loves Romeo, not as a young student who has a crush on the theacher. If you are doing Streetcar named Desire, you have to yearn for this guy as Blanche would yearn , not as you yearn IRL.
In my acting school students were discouraged from forming sexual / romantic bonds between classmates ( not that anybody ever listened , lol ) precisely for this reason , don't mix what you feel with what the character feels. And already existing couples were prohibited from doing scene study together.
Second, he is your teacher, he's older , only sees you as a student, you can't have anything together, so don't go stir trouble and do not engineer "moments", you'd probably just embarass him or annoy him. It's a crush, let it slide, in fact live it and enjoy it for what it is , if you want to go around all starry - eyed saying to yourself " Awww he's sooo cool ! " that's normal, cute ,in a way even poetic ,and if it gives you comfort do it- but, that's your own thing, do not involve him.
Don't even try to act and look older -haven't you thought that probably your charm, your grace, your attraction, your uniqueness ( if this world exists, I am not too sure ) consist in being just who you are, young, fresh, innocent, giggly, a bit goofy, REAL- rather than the clumsy, wannabe Xerox copy of an older more sophisticated woman ?
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