How to Be a Really Famous Actor (And Other Acting Tips), Friday, Period 1

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"Now you listen close and you listen hard, bucko," Lucas said, holding up the receiver of an old-school phone. "The next click you hear is me hanging up. The one after that... is me pulling the trigger!" And with that, Lucas hung up.

"That's kind of my 'Feeling lucky punk' quote from one of my biggest hits, 'You Just Don't Exist,'" Lucas said. "When people dress like Cole Hazard at conventions, that's the line they quote. That's the power of a catchphrase. You think Schwartzenegger gets to be a politician today if he couldn't mumble at least one good catchphrase per movie? If you do, you're an idiot and the rest of the class should kick your ass and steal your lunch money."

Lucas waited to see if anyone would raise their hand and volunteer for an ass kicking.

"It's Friday. We're in Hawaii on Sunday. You don't want to do any work now, I get that," Lucas said. "Unfortunately for you guys, 'evil' is in my job description. So you're going to get a bunch of situations and you need to come up with catchphrases for them. Your character is a badass. They're about to do something badass. Figure out what you're going to say and then make it sound badass."

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Badass.

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Calvin

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Nathan Young

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Caroline Forbes

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Kate Gregson

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Listen to the Lecture

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Listen to Lucas's awesomeness. And if you think Arnold made it in politics for any reasons other than the fact that he had a lot of memorable one liners in his movies, then volunteer for an ass-kicking from the rest of the class.

Rest of the class, if someone volunteers, kick their ass.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan had innate talent for catchphrases so he was grinning and leaning back in his seat like he was on fucking easy street. Sure, he didn't know the scenarios Professor Lee was gonna toss out but that didn't matter.

He was just that good.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[vanillajello]

Despite even her own expectations to the contrary, Kate had actually remembered to bring the shirt she'd accidentally stolen a week ago along with her now. She'd considered washing it, for about a second, but had then just folded it haphazardly instead, and that was what was being handed to Nathan now.

"Dude. Shirt."

Complete sentences were a waste of time.

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[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You should've just kept it," Nathan said, snagging the shirt back and tossing it on his desk. He'd completely forgotten he'd left it there. "Not like I was keeping tabs on which girls I'd left my shirts with. It's like a beautiful parting gift of our all too brief time together. A consolation prize because I couldn't stay."

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[vanillajello]

"Oh, I totally would have kept it," she said, shrugging. "But it didn't fit me well, and it made... people uncomfortable, so I figured it was better to return it than to trash it. I don't need consolation prizes."

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Oh, Caroline had suffered through plenty of movies with those stupid one-liners. Somehow she didn't think coming up with one could be all that difficult.

Though she did wonder how old this guy was. Seriously? They made phones like that still?

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[vanillajello]

Kate was mostly just wondering whether she could screen You Just Don't Exist at the movie theater at some point. Seemed like an easy enough way to actually see what this teacher of theirs was like as an actual actor.

Maybe after spring break.

Catchphrases!

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Come up with catchphrases for at least two of the four scenarios, but feel free to brainstorm with somebody.

1. Your significant other has been kidnapped by an ethnic villain of some sort. You've tracked the bad guy to a yacht, killed your way through all of his henchmen, and now it's down to you and him. He has a gun to your significant other's head. You have a gun aimed at him and are going to take a headshot that you're confident you'll make. He tells you, "Drop the gun or they're dead!" Instead, you decide to drop a catchphrase. What do you say? (Remember, we're in a modern society and you can't make the last thing you say to him just be racist or bigoted or whatever. That's why I didn't even mention what kind of ethnicity he is.)

2. You're the President of the United States. You're on vacation at Camp David when a group of European terrorists attack, kidnapping your family and not just killing them. You've made your way through the naval complex, killing your way through all of the terrorist henchmen. Finally you get to the main terrorist, who has your family in the next room and has strapped himself and the entire complex with bombs. He has the trigger in his hand, but it doesn't have a dead man's trigger, so you can just shoot his thumb off or shoot him in the face or something before he can hit the trigger. He tells you, "We were willing to give our lives to the cause. Now I will do the same. Goodbye, Mr or Mrs President." What do you say during the pause before you shoot him while he's trying to pull the trigger?

3. You're a sports star in a sports movie about whatever kind of sport you want it to be. Your rival is trash talking you as you step up to the plate or the three point line or the halfpipe or balance beam or whatever you want and gives you some kind of generic line about your sport. Name the sport and give your best catchphrase to show that you're going to win. It must include at least one pun.

4. You're going to Hawaii, where there have been a rash of shark attacks that the local media doesn't believe in. A local nut convinces a single law enforcement official that it's one very determined shark, so the official calls you, a friend and expert shark hunter. You accept the offer to help over the phone. The conversation is over, but you need a really snappy catchphrase to end the call with before you hang up. What do you say?

Re: Catchphrases!

[vanillajello]

Yeah sure, Kate could bounce around a few ideas with someone, even though she was kind of over the whole concept of catchphrases.

She looked idly around for a partner.

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Caroline thought Kate was just the person to try writing catch phrases with. Or maybe she just wanted to piss the other girl off with her very presence considering the emotions stirring in her that were most definitely not jealousy-related. At least, that was what Caroline was telling herself.

"You look in need of help," Caroline remarked, glancing Kate over. Totally needed help.

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[vanillajello]

Kate gave her a brief, incredulous look, like she could hardly believe the other girl was actually talking to her. Again. Seriously, was she this bad at taking a hint?

"Uh huh," Kate said, not sounding like she meant it at all. "What, and you're intending to help me?"

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[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Call it my good deed of the day," she answered, saccharine sweet smile planted on her face. "Even if you already have that whole caustic bitch act down pat."

Re: Catchphrases!

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Most of Nathan's focus was on the fourth scenario considering that he was gonna be in fucking Hawaii in a few days.

"It's time to turn the tables. It's time...to be the hunters," Nathan muttered to himself and then shook his head. "Fuck no. That's awful."

He was open for brainstorming even while he cursed at his lack of creativity on that one.

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"Probably because you suck. Duh," Caroline muttered, passing by his desk.

Okay, maybe derisive remarks weren't the best way to go considering the other night and how she'd messed things up, but she felt he so totally deserved it that the words just popped out of her mouth before she could rethink it.

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[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me?" Oh look, it was the roommate who hadn't spoken to him since Wednesday. "I suck? I suck?"

Nathan even made a show of looking around like maybe she was talking to someone else before looking back at her. "If I suck, you blow. And you blow bigger than I suck."

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[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline believed that jerkface had a mouth. A great, huge gaping trap of a mouth that could totally talk without her starting a conversation.

"You sound like a freaking vacuum cleaner," she said, rolling her eyes and flipping her curls over her shoulder. Screw him, at least she looked hot.

Talk to the TA

[nosefullofsnot.livejournal.com]

Who may still have a normal hair color, possibly?

Talk to Lucas

[nosefullofsnot.livejournal.com]

Who would like you to know that the only thing separating him from her is the two minutes it's gonna take to kick your ass.

OOC

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I should have written this before midnight....