Hello Everyone! Welcome to RayMartell Moore’s Official Myspace Page! First and foremost I am a working actor. Acting is my life, my love, my job, my career. There is no high better for me than living in an imaginary situation truthfully, naturally, moment by moment!
I want you all to know something that I hold extremely close to me forever & ever. My fondness moment in life was at Brandon High School, it was my senior year and I was preparing myself for the Florida State Thespian Competition. I was there before, my first time was my junior year where, out of rankings FAIR(lowest), GOOD, EXCELLENT, and SUPERIOR(highest), I received a FAIR : (. So now for my last year I had to redeem myself with what I knew I have in me, a SUPERIOR.
I had two monologues to prepare for the competition but the one closest to me and the one I worked hardest on was 'The Slave' by: Amiri Baraka. My drama teacher Ms. Devin-Smith coached me almost everyday on that monologue. There was an emotional content and authenticity that was hard for me to reach and she knew the answer of how to get me there. So she had me do a practice. She told a classmate of mine (secretly) to ignore me when I spoke the monologue to him. My job was to always have his attention (even if it took me being in his face), "no matter what, keep his attention", she says. So in the auditorium, the practice began and I started the monologue with his attention and then immediately he'd turn away ignoring me and then I'll move in front of him and he'd turn away from me again, then he'd walk away from me and I'll run on the other side to him to constantly stay in front of him. I was jumping over chairs, being as fast as I could be to always stay in front of him trying to get his attention. I was exhausted but I didn't stop. I was persistent to stay in front of him, no matter how many times he turned away and walked away I persevered. Finally I backed him to a corner. Still reciting my monologue for his attention. I recognized Ms. Devin-Smith and my best friend Michelle also close by, but it couldn't distract me because I was glued to my task at hand. I'm now completely in tears, frustrated with him ignoring me. Exhausted physically and emotionally, and tears falling all down my face uncontrollably, I finally finish my last lines with the emotional content and authenticity that was required in the monologue. I am then hugged and comforted by, my classmate, teacher and best friend. I was a wreck, but I never felt so free! So purposeful! So accomplished!
I held that experience weeks after all the way to the competition. I went into the audition room with the same energy, same objective, but without my classmate to chase around. Instead I had a large room, a designate stage-like area to perform and a panel of three judges directly in front of me, a room filled with classmates, teachers, many other thespians from all over Florida, all in which I had to get and keep their attention. I started and ended my monologue exactly as that experience in the auditorium. Exhausted physically and emotionally, and tears falling all down my face uncontrollably, I finished my last line, sat in the chair behind me, head down, moment taken in and announced 'scene' and was applauded gracefully, and those closest to me ran to me as quick as they could to hug and comfort me. Moments after the performance I was rewarded the SUPERIOR I worked so hard for.
I tell you this story because this is why I live for acting. This is why I act. That very moment shapes everything of who I am now and where I'm heading. My favorite quote and I will live by this for the rest of my life "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You (-Steve Martin) And No Matter What, Keep Their Attention". You (everyone) will know who I am. I will have your attention. My purpose in life is to have your attention. Because I have something great to show you, to tell you and you will listen. Thank you to all who are listening right now. And to those who don't hear me 'yet', you will.
One Love,
RayMartell Moore
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