 You know Akshay and Alia, Aishwarya and Ranbir. Rithik and Irfan and Tabu and Ranbir. But do you recall the actor who makes me happiest of all? Everyone loves Priyanka. Dayada dayada dayada dayada dayada deena deena deena. Hey, welcome back to our stupid reaction to the audience. This is Corbin. This is Rick. We're both white in white shirts. Double down on the whiteness. And you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. This is my favorite. This is my favorite. Jame is some. My favorite whiskey. I'm with you. That well, that... It's the most drinkable one. That is accessible at my price range. Yeah. There's others I would probably love way more. I don't know because I'm here to tell you something for real. I have tasted whiskey that came out of a bottle that cost $5,000. I drink that. But that could have been a shitty whiskey. For five grand. I've tasted a lot of delicious whiskeys. No. I didn't buy that whiskey. Anyways, today we are doing... Well, it's just kind of highly requested. Anyways, this year's 2020 Actors Round Table. Oh man. You've seen those comments, right? Recently, the number of DMs I've received of please react to this, please react to this, please react to this, please... Yeah. This is actually just a little snippet a 10 minute clip. This is the top actors on whether it's harder to laugh or cry on screen. And this has a bunch of people in it. No. Any of the ones in my list? Pankaj. Hey, Noaz. Jadip. Rajkumar Rao. Awesome. Pratik Gandhi. From Scam 1992. And then also from Merzel for Season 2. Jendu Sharma. His son. What's his name? Toby. Sonny. Mandu. Tripathi's son. Right. I see his face. It's been three weeks since we've seen the episodes. It's a G. There's Guru. And then there's Crack. Anyways, him and then also so this guy's from Scam 1984. And then there's also Kunal Kemu from Loot Case. Oh, and Saif Alakali here. Interesting. Good. You know what we should do. We should challenge this person. Sorry guy that we're watching a video. Since we have so many people we've interviewed now. We should do our own round table at the end of each year. It's not copyrighted, right? I assume. That would be great. If we could make it happen. That would be awesome. That would be fantastic. But anyways, so we've seen it. It's obviously over an hour long. So if there's other snippets that we should and there's also the female one and the directors one. Let's do it. Let's just bit by bit. Absolutely. Sometimes it gets it down and watch. Let's make 10, 10 minute videos. Actors talking about acting float some a boat. And so this should be an interesting conversation actually. What's harder? Crying or well before they even say anything crying on screen or laughing on screen. What's your take on that thespian? Laughing is way easier. I don't understand that. I don't even understand that question. Yeah, I don't understand the question and it also depends. It depends on the circumstance that I'm living in as the actor. So I can think of instances where the scene called for me to cry and I couldn't find it. Yeah. There's been times where I needed to laugh and I couldn't find it. Interesting. I've never needed to laugh and not been able to laugh. Yeah, but historically most actors find it way more difficult to create an actual cry than a laugh. Yeah. Alright. Here we go. Subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the bell icon for the latest film interviews, speeches and recommendations on the movies that matter. You know, each of you does complex scenes and complex emotions so well when it appears effortless on screen. I've heard actors say that sometimes it's the seemingly simple stuff that is harder to do. I want to ask each of you is it harder to laugh on screen or to cry on screen? Not to make others laugh or cry but to actually be the person that is laughing or crying. I find it easier to laugh mostly unless I'm in touch with the side. I'm just a little emotionally blocked when it comes to it. I find my weakness is in some of the tearful stuff. A part of me is blocked. He's a good looking guy. He's a good looking guy. He's a good looking guy. I find it much easier to laugh. I think for me, anything to do convincingly, anything to do truthfully actually, to find that truth there's nothing hard to do. It can be a very simple scene of just your reaction shot. We're just listening to a co-actor. I think for me it comes down to how much you're present in that moment. It can be a laughing scene, it can be a crying scene. If I'm not there in that moment, if I'm doing it for a reason that we do it this way because maybe audience will laugh, then that's not honest for me. I'm not doing it for myself. For me, I have to do it for myself first. If I'm cut up there in that moment, then there's no point in it. For me, it doesn't matter what the scene is. If I'm not there in that moment, it doesn't work. Isn't the question, is it easier for you to laugh or cry? What is the one? The question is not, does it matter? I've never really thought like that. It's like asking you like batting or bowling. I don't know. Of course, if you ask Virat Boli, you'll get an answer. Okay, Pankaj. He's loving it. I like cricket. I like playing cricket. I like batting sometimes. That's a good answer. I feel that it's tougher for me to laugh wholeheartedly. I just feel it's easier to get caught if you're doing that wrong. We've messed that one this year. You can still get away with a lot of age. Somebody can use glycerine and get into that. But laughing is one of those things that I think is easier to get caught if you're doing it wrong or if you're bad at it. So I'm definitely more thoughtful if it is me laughing as opposed to you can't tell somebody what's going to happen. I find it tougher to just laugh wholeheartedly. Same for me. I so agree with Kunal. I mean, it's laughing at times. I see myself on screen. It's like it's very difficult. This is not the kind of laugh that I laugh at. But sometimes it becomes very difficult. Laughing is a very tough man. I mean, there is a certain channel you go through it and most of the time you would reach there, at least for me. But laughing and also it's not just laughing in isolation. You have your co-actor and if you don't do it well then it's very difficult to laugh. What are you talking about? We've interviewed the whole second bro. Yeah, it's very tough. Laughing is very easy. If you're doing a bad job then you can always cry. It's a very bad scene. You can always cry. But yeah, when it's absolutely not working it's very difficult. I think it happens with laughter like an actor who thinks I don't know how to laugh. You said that you don't know how to laugh. I think Raj was correct at that point. I think there are two emotions which are very cliched and for an actor it's the easiest to laugh or to laugh on yourself or to cry on yourself. Because when it comes to crying there is so much frustration in people's lives they know that when you have to cry 5% you have to cry 100% it wasn't necessary for them when that character didn't exist. So I think Raj said to be honest in that moment I think he struggled through all the process for an actor. I think these are the easiest emotions and apart from these two emotions we don't discuss all the other emotions. If I just talk about a neutral emotion it's a performance. It's the toughest time when a neutral doesn't have any emotion or anything. But we were used to putting some drama in it. To be honest in the moment that's the most important thing. But also I think laughter is something I've enjoyed doing in a couple of scenes in Dinshathai many years ago there was no scene. There was something I had to say to Akshay Khanna about a balloon and a lover who enjoys giving balloons and I just at that moment thought I have a cousin who has a very funny laugh and he laughs so much that everybody feels like laughing whoever talks to him. And sometimes he holds his nose and he tries not to laugh and his whole face goes purple. So laughter can be very nuanced. It's like if you're in front of your house high school principal and he's bajahing you for something all of you and one guy wants to laugh you know you get expelled. So that feeling of not laughing and trying to... So it can be an extremely nuanced torturous thing but it's not just ha ha ha obviously as you guys know like even crying is so complex and comes from different areas. So a laughter I did a scene in this Good Police I've just finished where the guy in the front is talking to someone and I'm supposed to laugh in the back and my laughter is supposed to escalate with each thing he says to a point where I'm having a fit in the background. It's not an easy scene but it's all about laughing you know laughing till you're stomping, till you're falling down till you're crying. Laughter is a thing you know it's an art in itself I would say Pankaj Ji It was a very good thing What did you say in this? Please tell Okay then This is exactly what you were saying Pankaj Ji's role in our series Pankaj Ji also knows I used to go and say I saw a great movie It was a great movie After a while I used to say I saw a great movie It was a great movie Everyone has to be happy I have a point Actors are animals who can laugh and cry for both So to laugh and cry We create in life We recreate in art Recreating is very difficult No matter what And laughing and crying are two extremes They are louder extremes It's a real feeling It's a real feeling When you come and go In between the laughter You can laugh You can laugh and laugh In between the laughter It's a very difficult job It's a real feeling When you come and go For this, I have to read the script of Bharat Munni Pankaj Ji You don't get the money to laugh and cry in the beginning Later you have to earn In the beginning In the beginning Can I just say something Rajeev, I have never done one of these before But I feel I have been August an amazing company All you guys are such lovely actors It's a big honour for me to be on this platform with all of you Except you Rajeev I think But But yeah, wow It's great Jadeep Pradeep, what is the answer to that? I think both are very difficult Both are very easy It depends on the day when you laugh The day when you don't cry at all You don't laugh When you laugh A normal smile, a normal yawning A normal You can't do it One day it's so difficult and you get nervous It happens easily It depends on the day Personally for me The laughter that you have to laugh It's very difficult Because it can be seen very quickly Or it can be lost It's very difficult To believe That you have such an unbelievable person As you were saying To see the person standing behind He is just having a good time Basically And people pay attention to him It's a little difficult to make him believe He gets out An actor If he plays an actor He takes his flesh with him And gives it to him So it's very difficult What's the matter? Yes, yes We always correct our happiness The pain of that We go back to that So I would agree with Both are difficult Both are equally enjoyable I'll just tell you the example One anecdote of my theatre time One guy had to create a joke And I had to laugh For example Kunal said Why are you so angry? He didn't laugh at all I couldn't laugh as much He came in front of me If I didn't laugh Why didn't he come in front of me? And then everybody started blaming me And I said, but the joke was so bad How would I laugh? Even in the audience People would hit me But it becomes very difficult When you actually try to react Oh Thanks, Samaruta Man, that could have been I could listen to actors talk about acting Literally all day long Could literally binge watch 12 hours straight of actors talking about acting Yeah, that was good That's a fantastic slate Of actors Once again, the entire middle row We have interview And I feel like that is The echelon Rajkumar as well Of the actors We absolutely adore We've been blessed to talk to actors But there's a bunch in there that we Obviously, what is his name? What is his goddamn name? This is gonna piss me off Hold on, what is his name, Rick? Guru I know I'm gonna be so pissed when I read it But But it's a B Or is it an M? Or was I right the first time? It's a good sound Muna, God Dang it Sorry, I feel better now It ruined my entire day I'm so sorry for forgetting Your character's name But yeah, the I would love to talk to him Obviously, Rajkumar Proud He is a type of actor who I know When we talk to him one day We're going to love it He's exactly like Pankaj Nawaz All those people That is very He's probably one of the most versatile Actors we've Experienced in India And it was also great to have Saif We've seen some stuff I know he's not known as being like Nawaz or Pankaj in terms of a thespian But he was fantastic Sacred Gangs He also loved his villain Yes, well whatever that I can't remember anything right now Me too When you've heard scam is fantastic And then I don't Ludo, he was in Ludo which we missed this year Which I'm sad because I heard it was really funny But yeah Having actors talk about acting Is that's what we love That's why we spend most of the time In our reviews talking about actors It's just what we like And that's what we love doing Yep, we are both actors I've had a lot of people ask and I'm going to be doing it I actually filmed one thing today Snip it up on my channel But mostly for patrons on my channel I'm doing a series on acting I did one on the fine arts And I did a thing for captivating years ago About acting But the first video I did is differentiating And I'm going to start with because it's the smaller thing How to appreciate acting when you're not an actor Just as an audience member Like how can I as an untrained actor Appreciate the work of another actor versus that actor And then getting into the nuances of The craft itself for people who want to get into it And some of the things Whenever you hear the words truthful That's a key signal Believability, key signal Because really the greatest definition I've ever heard about acting Is really Howard Fine It was the first it was Samford Meisner But Howard Fine from the school Has defined acting as Living authentically within given circumstances And authenticity Is truthfulness, believability 100% and being authentic And anything you do that doesn't come from an authentic Place is indicating it's why If you watch somebody who's supposed to be Crying and they They're here and they're talking and they're crying And they do that There's no tear to wipe away That's an indicator, they're making you Think I'm crying When people cry, they're not thinking to themselves I hope I'm making you think I'm crying They actually cry So those kinds of things where you're doing Clichead things that aren't coming from A genuine place of the characters Motives and actuality And it's hard when you're in a scene Especially in theater Where the scene calls For you to cry And there are sometimes, I forgot who said it I think it was Jaydeep maybe who said Sometimes the emotions right there It's ready, it's there And there's other times it is Gone Dry as a bone It happens And it happens and there's Nothing you can do Nothing you can do, it's just not there And even when you nail it You don't know why And a lot of times directors will help actors out If they weren't able to get to a certain place And when they're starting to cry And they'll back out Correct, and so you don't have to You don't have to be as intimate In terms of tears You can just, they can Sometimes it's just not there And you literally have to act And I have to Something, gotta get with something Sometimes it's not there, we're gonna lose the light on the shot We need something, you gotta go there And also here's another thing, a couple of things we said I'm gonna respectfully disagree A couple of actors I don't remember who it was who said If you don't get, I think it was Muna And I think it was Pratik Who said something about Not being able to give what was needed Because they had a scene partner that wasn't any good And I understand that And I used to have that opinion Until I saw Tom Hanks in Castaway He got all the emotion He needed opposite of volleyball Don't blame it on your scene partner Hopefully you've got a great scene partner And it makes a world of difference When you have a great scene partner World of difference, but If you can't find it You couldn't find it Also I found it Because knowing at least three of these people And knowing well Raj Kumar Obviously, we've seen him And I feel like we know Saeib pretty well But Knowing Pankaj, I feel like He's a listener He'll be one in this massive Conversation And he'll be totally fine Listening and absorbing What is going on He just strikes me as that type of person Absolutely, me too And it's lovely because He's obviously one of those brilliant actors I've ever seen, he's so good But the fact that he's He's just like I'm gonna sit and look at those sort of fantastic answers I feel like that a lot of times Especially when in big groups If I feel like there's a bunch of people In I'm not like a quiet person But I feel like Especially in groups like that I'm much more of a listener Than an outspoken person I feel like Especially if I was in a group like this There's so much knowledge right here I feel like there's plenty To rank it in I don't think I'm gonna contribute anything to your conversation right now Which was actually funny Saeib He was like You didn't answer the question Yeah Answer the question But he also at the same time He said how he felt that he was with August You know Being that group of actors Which all of them do That's been our basic criteria across the board Of all the actors we've spoken with Is the humility level is where you would hope it would be For actors And the majority of them Have heard a lot of the actors that we've In respect to all of them obviously But for some of them like Pankaj And Nawaz And the people that I just Think are the masters Of their craft And the fact that I'm able to interview somebody That I hold in that high regard Is insane Agreed And I appreciate it very much And I hope to interview all the rest of these people that we have I'm looking forward to being able to talk to them I'm looking forward to talk to them again Yeah I might try to come up with something Maybe next year Of like a round table I might try to See what I can come up with Because I think that will be fun Talking to actors about acting I think that would be a lot of fun For male and female or do you even combine them So let's do that I hope we're doing that next I want to see the ladies Obviously we could watch the entire thing Maybe we'll do that, I don't know But if there's other snippets Please let us know about them down below You're going to die