George is right.  The best way to learn lines is through repetition.  Read from the script, get a feel for it, and then try to say it with the script in your hand, but only look at it when you absolutely need to.

Another method is to figure out just what it is, exactly, that you're trying to get across.  For example, I'm in a scene where the devil's son in law is trying to get me a tryout for the White Sox.  Now, the main objective for him is to promise a huge batting average, many stolen bases, etc. etc., so he's got a little bit of creative license there.  The one thing that he really can't tinker around with is the line that the person he's speaking to is supposed to respond to.  If the cue gets screwed up there are huge problems.


I've done a few things myself, where I changed or added things, but always kept the cue.  Example:

Original Line

Sheldon, it's me, Mac.  That was fantastic!  I haven't felt this good in 30 years.  How did you do it?

My change:

Sheldon, it's me, Mac.  That was fantastic!  The old Mac?  He gone!  How did you do it?


Being in Chicago, and knowing that everyone has at one time or another heard Hawk say that famous line, I decided to use it.  The result?  One of the biggest laughs in the play, and I still kept the cue intact.

So you have a couple of choices based on the type of director youre dealing with.  Memorize word for word through repitition, or get the jist of it across.

Well, I suppose I should say something about opening night.  It went very well. I had a lot of people come up to me after the show, and said that it was great, and that I did a great job.  I stopped at a gas station afterward, and a lady came up to me, and she was like "Weren't you in the show tonight?  You were great."

So that was pretty cool.  I've got a matinee today at 3, and I'm hoping that one of my friends will be taking pictures at some point that I can put up.  My mom and brother will be there today, and my mom is filming onto a dvd, so I may even be able to upload something.  If anybody has any idea of how to do that, and could help out, that would be great, cause I'm clueless.

Do you have a USb cable with ure camera?