7 Easy Ways to Memorize Lines for Your Acting Audition | How to Read a Script and Memorize it FAST

What's the fastest way for an actor to read a script and memorize lines for an audition or a job? In this video, I break down how to memorize lines fast seven different ways. These are the memorization techniques that I use for my own auditions. Sometimes I'll use all of them for one audition, other times I'll pick and choose. But having all seven in my tool belt gives me confidence to know that I have other methods to try if one isn't working. Try these out for yourself the next time you need to memorize lines fast.
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  • @ActingCareerCenter
    @ActingCareerCenter4 жыл бұрын

    What's your favorite way to memorize lines?

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sonali Bhoke great!

  • @heliahavvaei3125

    @heliahavvaei3125

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think record or have someone to help you for your lines is the best but i realy liked that idea to read our lines befor sleep and after wake up

  • @Karendonthamove

    @Karendonthamove

    3 жыл бұрын

    Acting Career Center, loved them all, but the last three, did it for me.😀😀😀💙💙💙

  • @tankkelly3571

    @tankkelly3571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wooow this great

  • @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie

    @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie

    3 жыл бұрын

    I write down the lines, read before I go to sleep and then put the script under my pillow (I've done the pillow thing since hugh school).

  • @Vikassinghx
    @Vikassinghx4 жыл бұрын

    The best memorizing technique is to ask questions about the script, like why I'm saying that? Why I'm behaving like this? What happened before this? This will help you alot :)

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great recommendation!

  • @Vikassinghx

    @Vikassinghx

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ActingCareerCenter thanks sir :)

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Vikassinghx thanks for sharing!

  • @HeritageDrPepper

    @HeritageDrPepper

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh, after all this time I never thought to *marry the two* Augh, you're a genius, thank you!

  • @joecook5689

    @joecook5689

    2 жыл бұрын

    Si. Good job.

  • @ericsanduprisacaru7655
    @ericsanduprisacaru76553 жыл бұрын

    I love the part when he JUST wakes up, puts on his glasses, and says "PREPARE TO DIE"

  • @theoverthinkingreader2850
    @theoverthinkingreader28503 жыл бұрын

    So, here’s the list of the ways to memorize: -Transcribe the lines -Reduce every word to the first letter only(used when you already know the lines fairly well) -Rehearse with another person -Record and Rehearse -Reed through RIGHT before you go to sleep -Read through RIGHT as you wake up -Do an activity while rehearsing Hope this helps!

  • @double0pium

    @double0pium

    3 жыл бұрын

    You just got me an A thank you 🙏

  • @ashbinfrancis2931

    @ashbinfrancis2931

    3 жыл бұрын

    💖

  • @ArunMPEdison

    @ArunMPEdison

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, great tips, and lost count of the number of techniques. Almost all of them were new but First Letter Indexing is definitely compact and going to try after during the writing and transcribing.

  • @stephenrogers2164

    @stephenrogers2164

    2 жыл бұрын

    So helpful. Thank you!

  • @codedstar25shotz29

    @codedstar25shotz29

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @josephbaker7905
    @josephbaker79053 жыл бұрын

    As an educator, all of this makes perfect sense. Basically, you're using all of the different learning styles (visual, audio, kinesthetic, etc). Very cool to see it in this kind of application.

  • @finallyfree2BMe

    @finallyfree2BMe

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now I know how to study for them college and work exams! Wish someone would have taught me this memory trick in high school

  • @LaDiam-jz2jk

    @LaDiam-jz2jk

    Жыл бұрын

    yesssssssss

  • @holly4554
    @holly45543 жыл бұрын

    The clips actually killed me!😂 Feel free to come to my funeral!

  • @troymcpherson5683
    @troymcpherson568311 ай бұрын

    Line learner- best app I’ve ever downloaded, beats getting a recording tape and allows you to rehearse lines while doing an other activity (even with your phone off). Highly recommend.

  • @JadeLeannexo
    @JadeLeannexo3 жыл бұрын

    Just got an audition for the first time in over a year! I feel like your videos for sure helped and keep my passion alive.

  • @abc-hg4bm
    @abc-hg4bm4 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos and I thing everyone else does to

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @aaliyah.7655

    @aaliyah.7655

    3 жыл бұрын

    I sure do

  • @annalacher

    @annalacher

    3 жыл бұрын

    I definitely do too! 😌😊

  • @GLITCHED1

    @GLITCHED1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn straight!

  • @ericsanduprisacaru7655

    @ericsanduprisacaru7655

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ActingCareerCenter ROLL THE OUTRO AND CREDITS!

  • @ifeanyidestinypeter5096
    @ifeanyidestinypeter50963 жыл бұрын

    Here are my favourite ways to memorize lines: 1. Rehearse with a person 2. Record and Rehearse 3. Add an activity 4. Memorizing my lines before sleep

  • @JAY.KILBEY
    @JAY.KILBEY4 ай бұрын

    Thanks Kurt some great tips here! My memory isn't the best so I use any help I can get! One of the things that I do that helps me is that once I have my lines to roughly how I intend to deliver them I then read the script and record myself going through my lines. I then play this back to myself on repeat at times when I'm able to. It could be in the car, the bathroom etc. Even if I'm not consciously listening my sub conscious picks it up in the same way that we know the lyrics to a song because we've heard it so many times.

  • @lisamaria1972
    @lisamaria1972Ай бұрын

    Rewriting my notes for school always helped me. I also did time lines

  • @AhmadThabet-qw1kc
    @AhmadThabet-qw1kc3 ай бұрын

    Many thanks, hand writing the script while reading it outloud, then recitying it many times; plus reading it just before I sleep and first thing when I get up are my three favoutite tips. Once I learn the script; I recite it to my son, wife or friend outloud from my head, without looking at any papers.

  • @sleepykitty1745
    @sleepykitty17455 ай бұрын

    Have a big audition on Wednesday and today is Saturday. I still have to do university work and regular work until then, so I don't have that much time. I don't have to know it word by word exactly. I hope I can do it. I will just treat it like a big monologue and practice it in one piece. I think it's better than chopping it up.

  • @dhiyaredding4776
    @dhiyaredding47764 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Thank you! I have also reaped memorization rewards from paralleling the lines after I have read them a couple of times. As soon as I feel like I understand the scene and have an intention or objective to win, then I will say my lines and fumble through it in my own words whilst still keeping my intention throughout. It helps alot with perspective - learned that in acting class.

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great suggestion. Thanks for sharing!

  • @DebbieBanos
    @DebbieBanos3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite memorization technique is to take my sides on a long walk. While I'm walking I'm memorizing. I don't know why but I can get off book really fast that way.

  • @joecook5689

    @joecook5689

    2 жыл бұрын

    What does get off book mean? And what does taking sides for a walk mean?

  • @DebbieBanos

    @DebbieBanos

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joecook5689 hey there! Getting Off Book just means to memorize your lines as in not having to have your face in your book. When I say taking sides for a walk I just mean memorizing while walking around outside.

  • @joecook5689

    @joecook5689

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DebbieBanos thanks, debbie. After I hit send I was like, wait, I think I get what getting off book means. I was right. You confirmed. Thanks again.

  • @capofallfools
    @capofallfools4 жыл бұрын

    I tend to use a combo of scoring and using a recorder. Also, I find that memorizing in 20-minute chunks with a 10-minute break in between chunks helps, too, while also making sure to memorize without any inflection at all, so that I don't get trapped in a particular delivery!

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great recommendations. Agree with all of it!

  • @AnonymousXvictoriouS
    @AnonymousXvictoriouS2 жыл бұрын

    You talked about the mnemonic part but I never believed it would work but then you talked about the Oscar winning actress so I decided to give it a shot and I read an entire paragraph from the movie dark knights from script slug (Thanks a lot for the recommendation) just once and I typed down the first letters of each word on notepad and opened the notepad file and it worked, I could remember the entire paragraph! Thanks so much you made my work soooo much easier and you are such a great inspiration and I very much truly hope that you win an Oscar :)

  • @EdmondLChapman
    @EdmondLChapman2 ай бұрын

    I literally just did a virtual audition two 2hrs ago. They liked it, but if i had seen this video, i probably could've done even better.

  • @finallyfree2BMe
    @finallyfree2BMe3 жыл бұрын

    I just had to come back 1 week later and let you know I still remember the lines you went over in this video. I didn't study them over the week either. I can't believe I retained this information without studying every single day. I realize that it was only one sentence, but I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast sometimes! I can't thank you enough for sharing how to do this. I've put it in to action for other things I want to remember and will definitely be using this any time I need to memorize lines. I have a long paragraph im trying to remember now so I'm going to try the thing where you read every night before fall asleep and every day when 1st wake up along with the letter thing.

  • @carloswatson7605
    @carloswatson76052 жыл бұрын

    Love these tips! Thank you!

  • @dawnkravagna3200
    @dawnkravagna32007 ай бұрын

    Helpful. Thank you!

  • @SharonCarpenterConvos
    @SharonCarpenterConvos8 ай бұрын

    Such great advice. So happy to have found your channel.

  • @hackingpalabrita
    @hackingpalabrita4 ай бұрын

    Really appreciated!!

  • @josuereyes1936
    @josuereyes19365 ай бұрын

    So helpful!! thank you

  • @rectory18
    @rectory184 жыл бұрын

    The second technique initialing each word including punctuation it definitely works.

  • @ActingCareerCenter

    @ActingCareerCenter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, it absolutely does. Thanks for watching!

  • @floweryoung8931

    @floweryoung8931

    3 жыл бұрын

    The second technique is new to me, I'm gonna try it. Thank you so much.

  • @mattwilder4764
    @mattwilder47642 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. Thanks!

  • @ashlylongstreth6978
    @ashlylongstreth69783 жыл бұрын

    Great techniques, thank you! Love your demonstrations!

  • @Monisha.Michelle
    @Monisha.Michelle Жыл бұрын

    I’m so glad I found your channel! Thank you for all of your insight.

  • @algenisperezsoto2991
    @algenisperezsoto29912 жыл бұрын

    I discovered your channel this morning and I love it. I’ve watched like 20 videos already.

  • @EvaGehlert_SmallMediumAtLarge
    @EvaGehlert_SmallMediumAtLarge Жыл бұрын

    Such a helpful video!!! Thanks so much!!!

  • @joecook5689
    @joecook56892 жыл бұрын

    What a nice, bright, helpful dude for aspiring actors. Thanks, mate.

  • @souIzy
    @souIzy3 жыл бұрын

    The One where a friend or family member plays the scene with you, I thought was An Amazing Idea!

  • @maulidmabangab2854
    @maulidmabangab28542 жыл бұрын

    I do love all the memorizing techniques you shared with us 👍 that was awesome

  • @BTCTSLABULL
    @BTCTSLABULL9 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed this video!!! Good work.

  • @The_Monteiro
    @The_Monteiro Жыл бұрын

    These were all very helpful!! Thank you Kurt!

  • @michaelkunicki635
    @michaelkunicki6352 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I loved your famous line readings!

  • @LittleGirlBigWorld
    @LittleGirlBigWorld Жыл бұрын

    This is very useful, thanks! I just signed up for your audition cheat sheet!

  • @bullitt08
    @bullitt08 Жыл бұрын

    Extremely helpful tips. Thank you so much!

  • @wildersj7
    @wildersj72 жыл бұрын

    You are great love all of them. Will be trying them all.

  • @QUIETSTORMXXX
    @QUIETSTORMXXX2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for creating these videos. It helps so much!

  • @gayag6096
    @gayag6096 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Very useful tips! Thank you so much

  • @satvindergill77
    @satvindergill773 ай бұрын

    Amazing techniques❤thanks buddy

  • @mostafanazmy4112
    @mostafanazmy4112 Жыл бұрын

    very good techniques, thank you so much.

  • @CurrentJAM
    @CurrentJAMАй бұрын

    This was great. Thank you for sharing these tips. Much appreciated.

  • @beatsbymist
    @beatsbymist7 ай бұрын

    Love your cut scenes. I have learnt so much from you, thank you for everything you do.

  • @am8838
    @am88384 ай бұрын

    Wow I was struggling... these tips really helped... love the writing out each letter... and recording the opposite lines

  • @kianhounslow9340
    @kianhounslow93403 жыл бұрын

    your such a lengend mate, helping me get inspierd and grow in the industry, thank you

  • @obiestill5785
    @obiestill57852 жыл бұрын

    I love you for this. Thank you.🥰

  • @lisacrosby4868
    @lisacrosby48682 жыл бұрын

    Great recommendations for memorizing. Never thought of tips 1 & 2 before. Thanks!

  • @samyentertainment3086
    @samyentertainment30863 жыл бұрын

    This seriously helped a lot, thank you!!

  • @lisaedwards2803
    @lisaedwards2803 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tips! Your pace in teaching the steps is easy-going, natural, and therefore, memorable! Thank you!

  • @kimiabarfehee6623
    @kimiabarfehee6623 Жыл бұрын

    OMG, these tips are just amazing!! thanks for sharing them with us

  • @johnnyruilova430
    @johnnyruilova4302 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your good advices.

  • @pongkham143
    @pongkham143 Жыл бұрын

    Wow a wealth of info. Thanks you you’re a gem.

  • @johallan8914
    @johallan89142 жыл бұрын

    A brilliant advice from a cool teacher.

  • @tatiana-mindfool
    @tatiana-mindfool7 ай бұрын

    Very useful! Thank so much for such a great video. 😊

  • @jordachejordan90
    @jordachejordan902 жыл бұрын

    Great new tips and very helpful different variations of techniques I use.

  • @allcastings4-ec9iz
    @allcastings4-ec9izАй бұрын

    Amazing tips thank you. So kind of y sharing this with us!!.

  • @bjwieland-doucet5917
    @bjwieland-doucet59172 жыл бұрын

    I love all 7 techniques. I already use several of them. 😆 Will add the others to my repertoire. THANKS!

  • @malenaanderson5861
    @malenaanderson58612 жыл бұрын

    Love these tips...some of them I was already doing! I like the doing an activity after you've internalized the lines.

  • @zarinakuxhaus2865
    @zarinakuxhaus28652 жыл бұрын

    I'm definitly going to use them... Thanks for the tips!

  • @rothiswell
    @rothiswell2 ай бұрын

    Great tips... thanks so much for sharing the knowledge!

  • @user-yz3or6cl8l
    @user-yz3or6cl8l2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information.

  • @darryllewis3142
    @darryllewis314210 ай бұрын

    This is the best approach I've seen yet. Very helpful!

  • @oneicefire
    @oneicefire3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Super helpful.

  • @Alice-re9ix
    @Alice-re9ix3 жыл бұрын

    Very neat!! Exceptional advice, thank you!!!

  • @WillRafeh
    @WillRafeh3 жыл бұрын

    The activity is so so so important, it’s a whole different game . Great stuff

  • @mattgrant57
    @mattgrant573 жыл бұрын

    Thanks guy! Excellent!

  • @TheEdibleToenail
    @TheEdibleToenail3 жыл бұрын

    Kurt i really appreciate everything you do. Ive almost watched every video youve uploaded and i cant stress enough how much ive learnt from you. Great content and humour makes me never get bored

  • @tawannadavis9635
    @tawannadavis9635Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much this was very helpful

  • @shariffbrown04
    @shariffbrown042 жыл бұрын

    You are sooo amazing. Thank you for this video... Thank you for all you do.

  • @kehindeoladejotv5842
    @kehindeoladejotv5842 Жыл бұрын

    Woaw this first and second techniques actually works

  • @michaellee8110
    @michaellee81102 жыл бұрын

    I would like to say thank you, for a great piece of advice on varius ways , we can improve a-pound our technique of memorization.

  • @kayoldfather-daigle7769
    @kayoldfather-daigle77692 жыл бұрын

    This was really helpful. I am going to use all of the techniques. THANK YOU.

  • @CoRyCoRbett
    @CoRyCoRbett Жыл бұрын

    Nice tips, thanks Kurt 👍

  • @trudyager7827
    @trudyager78272 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Kurt for sharing some great tips. I love reducing every word in the line to the first letter. Great advice 👍

  • @kristinconway3101
    @kristinconway31012 жыл бұрын

    The time stamps were really helpful!

  • @lindahodge-mcloud7911
    @lindahodge-mcloud79112 жыл бұрын

    I do several of the memorization tecinques that you do. My favorite is writing the lines down, and reading them over and over again. My second favorite is recording the lines into my phone, and listening to it as I walk, drive or any other activity. Thank you for sharing all of these awesome tips.

  • @Boloyangov
    @Boloyangov7 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much. I will follow you recommendations.

  • @RahelSings
    @RahelSings3 жыл бұрын

    OMG - this is totally awesome, The single letter in the margin method is amazing!! Really works! WOW!

  • @estacioproductions
    @estacioproductions2 жыл бұрын

    Each technique Kurt provided is extremely helpful for memorizing. Thank you!

  • @daisy_11.11
    @daisy_11.11 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, someone is giving practical tips that CAN BE used. Thank you so much 🌸

  • @alpagano4125
    @alpagano41253 ай бұрын

    Good tips. The first letter one was new. I’ll try it.

  • @yousufalhousni1992
    @yousufalhousni1992 Жыл бұрын

    I liked the ways you mentioned and i will use them in my next movie role .. thanks for these amazing advice

  • @tesglammakeovers6435
    @tesglammakeovers64353 жыл бұрын

    This is actually helpful, thank you so much

  • @DarkLordShadaou
    @DarkLordShadaou2 жыл бұрын

    I officially have been using you as an audition and career advice guru lol thanks for all the advice Kurt and keep it up!

  • @salmansheikh2812
    @salmansheikh2812 Жыл бұрын

    The best explanation sir

  • @SexyPitz
    @SexyPitz3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! LOVE THIS!

  • @Vivitoss15
    @Vivitoss152 жыл бұрын

    i have a video audition to submit so i came to this video to know how to memorize the lines and the one about recording myself as another person, that one really helps. thank you very much kurt. youre awesome.

  • @niclaseidel1957
    @niclaseidel19573 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Kurt!

  • @dewiialjoe384
    @dewiialjoe3842 жыл бұрын

    Very Helpful and Educational videos

  • @Eklectic_Afro
    @Eklectic_Afro2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I have to major roles with a tone of lines. This is all helpful. I will do this all!

  • @fattywilliam287
    @fattywilliam287 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, the 7tips is very useful 👍

  • @IolaniGrace
    @IolaniGrace3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!!! Thank you!!! Some of these I naturally do and learned some great new techniques!~ Awesome. Im loving your videos Kurt! Thanks a million!IM going to try them all today, Im excited to try the one letter and lines with task! I have to lay out a self tape today for class while Im in quarantine in Australia returning from Ojai! Have a great day! Blessings, 'Iolani

  • @GloberMast
    @GloberMast2 жыл бұрын

    Gonna try them all

  • @ZamiraC
    @ZamiraC3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you good sir! These are very helpful

  • @Ahmedsalamaghaly
    @Ahmedsalamaghaly Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much mr Kurt you are amazing and you are my mentor

  • @evafontaine3440
    @evafontaine3440 Жыл бұрын

    This is such great advice and all of these techniques take time and dedication. I’ve used all of them to learn reams of texts in recent years. When I don’t have the time or situation where I can use them, I struggle. I had to work long hours in the lead up to an audition just last week so couldn’t use my usual approach (which sets the foundation) and I had to pull out of the audition because I knew the lines weren’t embedded enough to do the scene justice. Seeing this video has confirmed to me, the importance of those crucial steps. Also getting enough sleep so your memory and focus can be sharp.

  • @philemongladstone
    @philemongladstone2 жыл бұрын

    All of the techniques are of great help to me especially the copying of the lines or writing the first letter of each word in the line and the little voice recorder... I am grateful sir. Thank you