According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. | 96% |
| Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. | 94% |
| Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role. | 94% |
| Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. | 93% |
| Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. | 93% |
| Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations. | 88% |
| Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles. | 88% |
| Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances. | 87% |
| Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props. | 80% |
| Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences. | 80% |
| Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props. | 77% |
| Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies. | 76% |
| Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions. | 68% |
| Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances. | 67% |
| Introduce performances and performers to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events. | 61% |
| Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences. | 56% |
| Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines. | 56% |
| Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants. | 53% |
| Manipulate strings, wires, rods, or fingers to animate puppets or dummies in synchronization with talking, singing, or recorded programs. | 44% |
