actorbation

Actorbation; (n) When an actor performs a monologue or scene so over-indulgently that you can almost see his hand stroking his quickly growing ego. Actorbation often causes a severe decrease in the tempo of a scene.

(v): to actorbate

"Wasn't Mark just amazing as Romeo last night?"
"Are you kidding me? Mark's incessant actorbation beat the crap out of the whole show! He must have added at least a half hour to the first act alone!"

by andrew nelson brown January 25, 2008

actorbating

self-aggrandizing acting done merely for the sake of showing how amazing an individual actor's skill or technique is, rather than actually inhabiting the character and telling the story; being an overacting ham who is more interested showing off than being his/her character; chewing the scenery

I didn't believe a word Scott said in that role. He was actorbating all over the stage.

by Writer Diva November 17, 2010