David Arquette struggles to learn lines because of his dyslexia.

David Arquette  has opened up on how dyslexia has led to struggles in his career

David Arquette has opened up on how dyslexia has led to struggles in his career

The 52-year-old actor was diagnosed with the learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate reading and spelling just over a decade ago after struggling throughout his childhood and admitted that he can read a script "a thousand times" because it sinks in.

Speaking on the 'Off the Vine' podcast, he explained: "Yeah. I'm still, like, I can go over a script a thousand times on my own. I can still not have it when I walk on the set until I hear the people say it and we run it a couple times. I had this one scene where it was, like, cut it into three scenes. But when I got to the set, they were like, ‘We'll put them all together.’ And just the sheer putting-them-all-together just scrambled my brain."

"The 'Scream' star recalled the time he appeared in the leading role of a play and almost had a "mental break" because he had so much trouble with getting his lines down.

He said: "I did this play and I played Sherlock Holmes and I had an English accent and it was — oh, wow. I should never play that role. Just so not right for the bad kind of character...it was a comedic version, but still.

"But it was so hard and I wasn't off book yet. They invited, like, all of these schools. And the whole place is filled, and I'm not comfortable with the lines yet. I was so nervous, and, oh, man. It was like I had nearly had a mental break at that point. It was so scary."


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