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Heather Tom (Katie, B&B) “It’s interesting because this has changed over the years. When I first started doing it, there was a huge stigma as far as it’s not quality work and it was a ‘training ground’, which I always hated. But, I think those attitudes have adjusted as work becomes less plentiful and long-term work like soaps becomes more desirable. I think people are finally recognizing that we work our asses off and to do what we do takes a really special skill set. It’s not something anybody can just do, and I don’t mind saying that.”
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Laura Wright (Carly, GH) “I think the misconception is that our job isn’t hard. We work so hard with so little time to get it done and an incredible amount of dialogue. I would just say to anyone that would ever try to make fun of what we do or thinks it’s over the top, ‘Come try it!’ It’s not easy.”
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Laura Wright (Carly, GH) “I think the misconception is that our job isn’t hard. We work so hard with so little time to get it done and an incredible amount of dialogue. I would just say to anyone that would ever try to make fun of what we do or thinks it’s over the top, ‘Come try it!’ It’s not easy.”
Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R) “That their skill only lies within the soap realm. There’s a certain style of soap acting from the past that still gets kind of panned and made fun of. What we’re asked to do on a daily basis is extremely tough and hyper-competitive. Every day I see my co-workers and people I’ve worked with in the past throw out some unbelievable performances that, I don’t care what medium you’re in, will blow you away. I would challenge a lot of people to try to do what we do.”
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Jason Thompson (Billy, Y&R) “That soaps are a training ground for better things. Every job is training. Even if you’ve done 10 movies, you’re still training for the next one. I don’t look at us as in the minors and waiting to be called up to the big leagues. I see soap actors as working in an amazing medium, some for 20, 30 years, doing what they love to do. Every job is about getting better.”
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Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS) “People don’t have any frame of reference for how hard daytime is. They just don’t. Until you do it, until you’re a main character on a soap and you’re actually there every single day with 50 pages of dialogue, there’s no way to know. And I don’t think people realize how committed soap actors are, how much they love it, how hard they try, how much it means to them, how much the fan reaction means to them.”
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Christopher Sean (Paul, DAYS) “The biggest misconception is that soap actors are bad. They are actually some of the hardest working actors in the business. Soap actors who have a good work ethic put time into memorizing their lines so that they can be in the moment, because they have one shot to do a perfect take.”
Heather Tom (Katie, B&B) “It’s interesting because this has changed over the years. When I first started doing it, there was a huge stigma as far as it’s not quality work and it was a ‘training ground’, which I always hated. But, I think those attitudes have adjusted as work becomes less plentiful and long-term work like soaps becomes more desirable. I think people are finally recognizing that we work our asses off and to do what we do takes a really special skill set. It’s not something anybody can just do, and I don’t mind saying that.”
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Laura Wright (Carly, GH) “I think the misconception is that our job isn’t hard. We work so hard with so little time to get it done and an incredible amount of dialogue. I would just say to anyone that would ever try to make fun of what we do or thinks it’s over the top, ‘Come try it!’ It’s not easy.”
Photo credit: Steven Bergman
Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R) “That their skill only lies within the soap realm. There’s a certain style of soap acting from the past that still gets kind of panned and made fun of. What we’re asked to do on a daily basis is extremely tough and hyper-competitive. Every day I see my co-workers and people I’ve worked with in the past throw out some unbelievable performances that, I don’t care what medium you’re in, will blow you away. I would challenge a lot of people to try to do what we do.”
Jason Thompson (Billy, Y&R) “That soaps are a training ground for better things. Every job is training. Even if you’ve done 10 movies, you’re still training for the next one. I don’t look at us as in the minors and waiting to be called up to the big leagues. I see soap actors as working in an amazing medium, some for 20, 30 years, doing what they love to do. Every job is about getting better.”
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Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS) “People don’t have any frame of reference for how hard daytime is. They just don’t. Until you do it, until you’re a main character on a soap and you’re actually there every single day with 50 pages of dialogue, there’s no way to know. And I don’t think people realize how committed soap actors are, how much they love it, how hard they try, how much it means to them, how much the fan reaction means to them.”
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Christopher Sean (Paul, DAYS) “The biggest misconception is that soap actors are bad. They are actually some of the hardest working actors in the business. Soap actors who have a good work ethic put time into memorizing their lines so that they can be in the moment, because they have one shot to do a perfect take.”
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