Lines Shmines

I wrote the script for Get Back, so I should know it, right? Yeah... that's what I thought when I first started reading through it to go over my lines many months ago. The problem was that I HAD written the script - so I didn't have my lines really well, I had EVERY character's lines mediocre. I became more involved with pre-production and I pretty much put the script down for a few months. After the recent shift in responsibilities, I've been able to pick up my script again and really start focusing on learning my lines. I was a little nervous at first - my character is in nearly every scene - but I took comfort in the fact that most of my dialogue is reactionary to what the other characters say. Much to my surprise, though, I knew the lines really well this time around. I think, perhaps through the re-writing of scenes and auditions and whatever else, I absorbed my character's dialogue a little better, and now I'm really confident in being able to have my lines memorized for shooting. I've always been lacking in that area, so I'm glad to know that this time it'll be different.