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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 274173" data-attributes="member: 27">The pacing of soap production makes it unlike most anything in acting.&nbsp; I guess the pat answer would be that the breakneck pace brings out certain skills in the actors that they aren&#039;t asked to use in the more leisurely pace of primetime (and practically glacial pace of films).&nbsp; If the actor benefits from having time to craft his performance, he may fare better in film or primetime TV.&nbsp; If he&#039;s instinctual (knowing immediately how to play a scene) and doesn&#039;t want to second-guess an acting choice, soaps might be the best area for him, if not live performing like plays or improvisation.Two winners of the Younger Actress category--both of whom I knew would be going places--- were Ellen Wheeler and Anne Heche.&nbsp; The actresses played the same characters&nbsp; on Another World (a pair of identical twins named Marley and Victoria Hudson) at different times.&nbsp; Wheeler had been hired just to play Marley, but the head writer saw how talented she was and dreamed up the &quot;long-lost twin&quot; story just to showcase her talents.&nbsp; The twins fought for the love of one guy, Jake, employing a lot of split-screen scenes.&nbsp; Marley married Jake and left town, while Vicky ultimately ran off to Las Vegas whole the show sought to recast her. &nbsp; When they hired Anne Heche (less than a week after Heche graduated high school) it was to recast/play Vicky only, but the producers (and the viewers like myself) immediately saw she had a great, raw talent that needed to be put to work.&nbsp; Marley returned to the show and the twins had many more stories together.&nbsp; Heche should have been given a truckload of money to stay on AW, but she left shortly before winning that Younger Actress Emmy and almost immediately ended up in films, working her way up from independent (low budget) film to the summer blockbusters with Harrison Ford and the like.&nbsp; Every time I see those two anywhere, doing anything, I immediately think &#039;Marley&#039; when I see Ellen, and &#039;Vicky&#039; when I see Anne.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 274173, member: 27"] The pacing of soap production makes it unlike most anything in acting. I guess the pat answer would be that the breakneck pace brings out certain skills in the actors that they aren't asked to use in the more leisurely pace of primetime (and practically glacial pace of films). If the actor benefits from having time to craft his performance, he may fare better in film or primetime TV. If he's instinctual (knowing immediately how to play a scene) and doesn't want to second-guess an acting choice, soaps might be the best area for him, if not live performing like plays or improvisation. Two winners of the Younger Actress category--both of whom I knew would be going places--- were Ellen Wheeler and Anne Heche. The actresses played the same characters on [I]Another World [/I](a pair of identical twins named Marley and Victoria Hudson) at different times. Wheeler had been hired just to play Marley, but the head writer saw how talented she was and dreamed up the "long-lost twin" story just to showcase her talents. The twins fought for the love of one guy, Jake, employing a lot of split-screen scenes. Marley married Jake and left town, while Vicky ultimately ran off to Las Vegas whole the show sought to recast her. When they hired Anne Heche (less than a week after Heche graduated high school) it was to recast/play Vicky only, but the producers (and the viewers like myself) immediately saw she had a great, raw talent that needed to be put to work. Marley returned to the show and the twins had many more stories together. Heche should have been given a truckload of money to stay on AW, but she left shortly before winning that Younger Actress Emmy and almost immediately ended up in films, working her way up from independent (low budget) film to the summer blockbusters with Harrison Ford and the like. Every time I see those two anywhere, doing anything, I immediately think 'Marley' when I see Ellen, and 'Vicky' when I see Anne. [/QUOTE]

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