What makes the actors cry?

I heard that there is this stick that you rub under your eyes and you start to cry. but some are able to do it automatically.
What makes the actors cry?
tiny dressing room?





long tech rehearsals?





have %26#039;em pull things from personal experience and associate it with their character... there%26#039;s a lot of method exercises, have %26#039;em, turn all the lights in a theatre off and just have them yell at every wrong doing in the world/their lives stuff like that.





funny story...I once ASMed and LBOed a production of Equus and on opening night all the actors got so into it that they all started crying during the final scene, even though none of them were directed to... it was fun.





or just tell %26#039;em you%26#039;re recasting their part.
What makes the actors cry?
Well, it kinda of depends what kind of actors you are working with. For a school play, i can give you some advice. If you are working with girls, tell them that their boyfriend just broke up with them,or (my friend came up with this one) tell them to think of dead puppies. I can%26#039;t really help you with guys. Older actors should be able to remember something that can make them cry.
Reply:some do it automaticaly by like thinking of something really sad
Reply:Good actors cry because they are responding to the stimuli of the play as the character would do. They are not pretending nor using some fake tear stick or such device and they don%26#039;t need to think of dead puppies, all they have to do is react fully and honestly and if the reaction is supposed to be crying, they will be crying. Not so skilled actors fake it or use something to put in their eyes or use some emotional memory which always slows things down.
Reply:For producing actual tears use :Menthol stick (usually used only for tv or film) and some people can automatically turn on the floodgates.





Actors often exercise the diaphragm. It鈥檚 a big muscle attached to the ribcage, and if you pant lightly and continuously you should be able to feel it move inside. .You often feel this movement when sobbing or laughing.





It all depends on what acting method actors uses ex. whether it is Stainstaviski or Lecoque