How To Cry Convincingly on Stage

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Knowing a few tricks of the trade will help you cry at the drop of a hat.
Step 1: Think of something sad
Before relying on any gimmicks, test your acting skills by thinking of something really, really sad. Any tears?
Step 2: Stop blinking
OK, so you’re no Laurence Olivier or Meryl Streep. Try this--moments before you need to cry, open your eyes just a bit wider than usual and stop blinking. Soon the tears that hydrate your eyes when you blink should start trickling out.
Step 3: Stare into a bright light
You could irritate your eyes further by staring into a bright light for a few seconds.
Step 4: Get minty
Here’s a trick you can prepare ahead. Put a little peppermint oil on a finger and, when the time comes to cry, discreetly rub it just below your eye. The fumes will get the tears flowing--just wipe off the oil when you’re done!
Warning
Test a little oil on your skin to make sure you’re not allergic--and avoid getting it into your eyes!
Step 5: Try Olbas oil
Another tearjerker is oil of Olbas. Pour some on a handkerchief and inhale deeply before you need to bawl. Find it at health food stores.
Step 6: Stick it
Steal Hollywood’s trick--buy a professional 'tear stick.' It’s a piece of menthol with a hole in the middle; have someone blow it right into your eyeballs when you need a good cry.
Did You Know?
Ilker Yilmaz of Turkey holds a world record for being able to snort milk up his nose and squirt it from a tear duct in his eye.

[@beyanka1627]

I was on a no blinking streak for about most of the video until i sneezed......

[@videogamenostalgia]

Think about your bank account balance

[@JazzyJ96771]

This is definitely gonna help me in drama.

[@kam4all]

be careful what you wish for, you might get it.

[@masteratadobeother]

watching this video makes me cry

[@oryous]

You...What have you done!?

[@theharthers]

Do not put peppermint oil directly underneath your eye!!

[@haydendavid3248]

Why?

[@linda.818]

Sometimes using a sad memory doesn’t work for me and I tried not to blink many times but my eyes close on their own🥲