Reporting live from Los Angeles:
So you want to be famous? Well, here's the scoop:
It ain't easy!
(1) You must be talented, and not just a litle talented, you must be an amazing talent to even get a hope of a chance!
(2) You must be disciplined. That means years of training and sacrificing in order to have your dreams become your career. And it IS a career: it's business, it's long hours, it's hard work! There's school work, auditions, rejections, more auditions, more rejections, workshops, acting classes, voice classes, dancing classes, rehearsals, and it all takes time and lots of money.
And even if you take all those classes, you still need to be super talented, and you (3) need to get selected by a really good agency to get those big auditions-or you'll never get to perform for anyone except yourself in front of your mirror.
Oh yeah, and (4) you have to be physically attractive, especially if you are a girl! If you aren't "cute","pretty" or "wholesome", then you'll need to be WAAAAAY more talented-and have some incredible "something extra" that sets you apart (which you will need anyway, but again, even more so if you aren't easy on the eyes).
So let's say you have all that talent, years of training, are cute as a button, have (5) supportive parents and family, and have a great agent. Well, you also better have (6) determination to the MAX-because guess what-there are thousands of girls out there as qualified as you are! (If you don't think so, then you better GET REAL RIGHT NOW!) And those girls are also out there trying VERY HARD to become stars.
Oh yeah, and (7) you should live in Los Angeles or New York to get any good agents. Otherwise, you won't get to see any good casting directors and won't get to audition for any of the major projects, like Disney. Yes, sometimes they do travel to regions for auditions, but it's rare. Again, without getting the right hookup, you'd miss hearing about that audition anyway.
And then there's just being in the right place at the right time. It's a combination of all those factors, and then it just (8) being your fate or not. Just because you want to be famous, doesn't mean you will be, even if you are really talented, worked really hard, are really cute, have a great agent, good acting credits, live in a major city and know the right people.
I really hope you don't just want to be famous just to be famous. If so, then you really need to get some real sense of what it is to be a whole person. Stop reading those fashion and celebrity gossip magazines. That is all made up crap! Those people aren't even really happy. Sure, they have money and clothes and get their picture taken alot, but most of them, especially the young stars, will be forgotten soon enough. Most acting ang music careers are so short-lived: so they are insecure and they end up miserable: addicted to spending money, drinking and drugs, their careers suffer, (or somehow the public, who is very fickle, decides they are not hot any more); they go broke, lose everything (houses, clothes, jewlery, cars, stuff), their jobs, their looks, and their fame. It ain't a pretty life. That's just what you think it is. For every "star' out there, there are thousands who got kicked to the curb trying to become one. For every "star" out there, there are dozens that are now forgotten. Even the big stars fade: look at Britney Spears-she is on her way OUT-and she had a huge career just a few years ago. I doubt she will ever get her career back to what it once was.
Most child stars DO NOT end up with careers that last in to their adult lives. A few do, but they are very, very, very few.
What is it you really want to do with your life? What are you really good at-and most happy doing?That is what you should be asking? Why do you want to be famous? Do you really want fame or do you just want people to pay attention to you? That's what it may be, because you didn't say one word about what you have been doing with your life-only that you want to be famous. Famous for what?
I suggest you really start thinking about the real world and how you can be a better person and make the world a better place for you and others.Try to do some good volunteer work in your own community. Become a truly good person; then people will admire you. That's a much better thing to be known for.
2006-06-18 21:20:50
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