I dont want to have the "yeah right" attitude but I do want to let her know just how hard it will be, such as statistics for actors looking for work and those that can support themselves in the industry.
2006-12-09 20:42:53 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan T 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Help her to enroll in acting classes, Go to auditions with her for plays in your home town or a city near you. When she gets a part help her with her lines and costume etc... . Encourage her to move to larger shows in larger cities over time. Eventually getting to Hollywood, New York, Vancouver, etc...
Help her to devise a plan of action to "arrive" on the scene with a resume of credentials of shows worked, and real acting experience that will give her credability. Doors open easier if she knows people. The people she meets in the smaller shows may not always be the elite of hollywood, but some of them will know the top people, and if she was a good, polite, productive, actress, their good word could get her in the door, eventually.
She's really gotta want it, work work work for it, and when she thinks she's made it, she's got to work even harder to stay. If she has enough stamina she can make a living, How far she gets will depend on, Looks, ability(talent), experience, attitude, and punctuallity. Their are other qualities they look for as well. The more she has the further she "may" get. I say "may" as nothing in show biz is certain other than change and publicity. Comfortable shoes and a waitress outfit will fill in the blanks between shows in the early years, and maybe the later ones too, if she doesn't, "Get noticed".
2006-12-09 21:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by Bob L 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Bob L. I'll add a statistic I heard from a theatre owner: only 7% of professional actors make more than $15,000 in the United States in a year from acting. Pretty sad. I saw the posting backstage on what actors make in an equity show: it was less than $400 for a week's worth of work, and there was enormous competition for those few roles. The theatre owner also told me, "You have to really love it, and you have to not want to do anything else with your life."
My late father also said something pretty wise, "Every year, the best actress and the best actor from your high school go to Hollywood. They're competing against all the other best actors from every high school in the country, and next year there's a whole new bunch of kids coming in who were the best at their high schools." Tough business, but if she really wants it, she should at least try, or she'll always regret that she didn't.
2006-12-11 17:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tell her to buy some comfortable shoes. She'll need them in her new waitressing career.
People don't just go to LA and make it big. Not anymore, anyway. There are only so many roles in Hollywood. The competition is fierce, and unless you know someone or have some other connection in Hollywood, your chance of becoming a professional actor/actress are somewhere between slim and none.
2006-12-09 20:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by noir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her L.A. is a tough city for wannabe actors. The money she makes as an L. A. waitress should be used to take quality acting courses. I hope she has a strong acting resume, otherwise, she won't be able to compete with actors with an MFA in Theatre. She may have to share an apartment with other wannabe actors. Explain to your friend that she should stay in the city where she lives and develop an acting resume.
2006-12-15 16:08:56 · answer #4 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
appearing is like the different business enterprise. you do no longer bounce from obscurity to the ideal of the heap in one day. you initiate out small and artwork your way up. in the experience that your chum is severe approximately an appearing profession, she ought to initiate with close by opportunities. Are there close by community theatres the place she will audition for roles? Are there close by professional theatres that grant appearing instructions? Are there close by appearing colleges? (in case you reside in or close to a super city, probable confident. in any different case, perhaps no.) Getting some training and a few point experience could be a good way for her to get all started.
2016-10-05 03:04:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you should look deeply inside yourself to figure out why you aren't comfortable with your friend taking risks and following her dreams. Spend more time learning how to be a friend, and focusing on how to succeed in your own life...and less time writing a post about how to puff yourself up by proving to your friend how "hard" her dreams will be...when you yourself have not walked those footsteps. People like you are the reason why some people succeed....just so they can prove you wrong.
2006-12-13 20:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by Actreez 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like you are the one who is the actor. If you want to SHOW realistic support, then provide REAL support. "Showing" realistic support is faking real support. If you don't agree with the decision, then tell your friend why you disagree. Otherwise, you're just being a phony, and that's not friendship.
2006-12-09 20:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by russell_my_frege 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
im a kid actress and i know what its like to be an acting teenager because.... well i know like allottt of famous teenagers on tv and stuff.
trust me she shouldnt do it, when your a teen its not likely that your going to make it. and if she spends her money going there. its most likely not gonna pay off
2006-12-09 20:51:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋