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Repetition is one of our first outputs as a newborn... Repetition equals "pattern"...

There must be another way to do what repetition does for us, in remembering lines... because that kind of learning lines shows as a deficiency in the final product.. like how some actors do kiss like they are trying to knock each other's teeth out...

Repetition is baby based.. it works but it wastes a lot of time and effort...
To be a prime actor you must be a genius...

Baby messes itself, and says a tiny "ack!".. and when nothing changes, it says "ack ack"... And still nothing changes, it says "ack ack ack", and waits... And when nothing happens, it yells out a bunch of connected ack's, which we call "crying"...
Thus a pattern, which targets mummy to get her into action.. to stop those acids from stinging baby's skin...

When acting, one wants a clean fresh shot at the line, with all your parts in motion, like the planets flow around the sun... is why I believe that rehearsal with all your passion and emotion, the first try, is what should replace repetition as an actor's tool...

Maybe if you image yourself standing on the top of the planet, while it is turning.. stepping just enough to maintain the top.. while imaging all the 28 original planets orbiting the sun.. before 2/3'rds of them crashed into the sun...
When I'm playing a dice/board game with my brother, while I am maintaining that "walking atop the planet" item, I can't lose... My brother suspects I'm doing something mindish to maintain my edge, but doesn't know what, and does everything he can to distract me, to break my focus, to make me lose.. is when I start losing the game to him...
While you practice-read a line.. if you are holding that "walking atop the planet" focus, it might enable you to study and learn your lines extremely efficiently, IF you put some of your passion and emotions into the equation...

I.E.: My other brother took Judo when he was a kid... I recall him detailing his technique... He held his gut tight all the while he practiced his lessons.. while the rest of the class didn't... He got a lot more out of it than all his classmates...