Acting monologues are some of the most important tools beginning actors need to master to get their first acting jobs, yet many performers rush through the process of preparing their audition monologues, going straight for the emotion and never taking the time to truly understand their monologue before performing it.

Of course, you have an idea of what a monologue is about even after reading it just once, but the goal is to understand exactly the weight and meaning of every word so that what you 're saying is easily understood by others who can start thinking with you.
Why is it so important?

Because whether you 're auditioning for Hollywood acting jobs or performing on stage, your audience is only with you if they can follow your thought process. So that has to be your number one goal, for them to think with you as you deliver your acting monologue.

If an audience thinks with you, they breathe with you, and as an actor that 's where you want to be.

That 's when you hold your audience in the palm of your hand. Draw your audience into the story and keep them there, and they will cry, laugh and hold their breath with you.

Some actors can deliver a huge explosion of emotion and leave us as audience members completely unmoved. We may be impressed by their capacity to cry on cue or to reach emotional heights, but just watching someone feel gets boring pretty quickly if they haven 't been able to make us care about the story. It 's like a former acting coach once said, "When