Just a couple of days ago Dr. A scheduled an opportunity for the class to be able to have a conversation with a Turkish actress. Her name is Ilkin Tüfekci. I was very interested and pleased to be able to hear her insightful stories of the day to day task she has to deal with. Being an actress is nowhere near a simple as people have portrayed it. Ilkin let us know that even though she loves acting her days are very very long and usually pretty stressful. I could not imagine the amount of time and patience it takes to not only memorize all of your lines but to be on set for many hours. Ilkin let us know that even if she is on set all day long that she may not even accomplish one scene due to retakes and small details.
The class asked Ilkin when she decided to become an actress and how soon do you need to start to be successful in this career. Ilkin told us that she started s a small child and she saw that as something that was necessary to be successful in this field. She told us that it does take away some of the fun things of being a child. It can be very stressful for someone so young. Although, there are many rewarding and fun opportunities that come along with choosing this path. She said, " You have to be focused on acting and nothing else."
Another thing that stuck out to me was the language barrier between Ilkin and the class. You could tell she struggled with certain words and did not always use correct grammar, but she gave a very great effort to try and communicate with us. I am very glad that she did. With the help of Dr. A, the class was able to make interpretations and learn from Ilkin. Imagine working with people of different languages daily. This can cause some stress or complications in the world of acting. I wonder how often situations like this occur.
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