i dont have confidence.?

Question

i know i have put alot of questions and stuff out there being a actress but o really want to be one but i am bringing my self down and it does not fell like i have cofedence but i really like acting it is my best skill what should i do?

Answer 1

After reading your other questions, it doesn't look like you don't have confidence. It looks like you are anxious, yes, but I don't see a lack of confidence. It looks like you want to excel, but you don't know how. Besides the standard advise which is get the best education in acting you possible get your hands on - you will need to observe yourself carefully and see what needs to be improved. See if you can arrange to vidotape your acting. Watch the tape, ask your teacher for feedback. Also, watch as many professional plays as you can - you will learn from them.

Answer 2

I have read all your questions, and you're right. You don't have any confidence at all. You come on here asking, "Will I ever be an actress?" Will I ever have my own TV show?" You shouldn't be asking me that. You should be asking YOURSELF. You need to ask yourself if its really what you want to do and then,
DO IT! Don't worry if you're good enough or not. That will come. When you say, "I don't have confidence," and acting is my best skill," you are contradicting yourself, because acting is 99.99% confidence! And as for the part about bringing yourself down, you are probably a perfectionist(like myself) and you think you're never good enough-you always have to try to be better. This is one of the BEST qualitites in an actress-its your drive.

Answer 3

Based upon your question, it sounds like you are learning despair with regard to your potential success as an actress.

You undoubtedly set out with great hope and enthusiasm when you decided to pursue your career, and have undoubtedly experienced the hard cold reality of what it is like to become one. Every attempt someone makes to get into this field is far more likely to lead to rejection versus success. Each rejection can easily lower any rational person's expectations, and eventually most people give up.

In light of the above, you're probably familiar with Pavlov's dog. Pavlov taught a dog to salivate every time it heard a bell by offering it food just after ringing a bell. Imagine what would have happened to the dog if every time Pavlov offered the dog food he beat the dog. The dog would probably either starve to death or eating Pavlov.

The possibility of furthering your career can easily take the place of the food, and rejection can become the beating. If you're not careful, eventually every time you hear about an audition it could remind you of what you want in life, but you'll assume you're not going to get it, and hope will end up feeding despair.

However, you're not a dog.

High placed professional actors routinely audition for roles. They usually don't just step in and get the roles, which is why the person who does casting is included in movie credits, so even they must learn to deal with rejection.

I recommend taking a cold, emotionless look at each possibility, and make a rough guess about the likelihood of success if you pursue the possibility. This will reduce the emotional letdown when the inevitable rejections occur, but will give you the emotional support to further your goals. The odds of getting a lead role in a major film at young age are very remote, but it does happen, such as in Free Willie. However, many people don't realize that the casting person auditioned literally thousands of potential actors for the role.

On the other side, the odds of getting roles in community theater and building a resume, stage presence, and contacts are excellent, probably on the order of 50% or higher at each audition.

This is part of the same technique military planners use when evaluating planning possible courses of action. Each possibility is evaluated, but its an old military adage that "No plan survives first contact." In short, go for it and adjust you plans based upon experience.

Once you build the resume, you can contact a talent agent, and most cities with 500,000 people or higher have around three such agents. Just don't pay for a talent agent. If they ask for cash its best to dash. Harrison Ford got his film acting debut by being noticed at a Broadway show.

Answer 4

Do It do you dont talk yourself out of and down yourself because then your really going to quit and by the time you realized what you did it will be to late so be yourself now and dont give a darn what people think Just Do youdont bring yourself down Be You Have Confidence in Yourself And you'll feel better about yourself well i hope i could help bye

Answer 5

Try your best to get into the realm of the character you are playing when you are on stage. Confidence is all in the mind and i think if you try journalling and writting about your days in a positive light you may feel better and better each day

Answer 6

i dont think a lot of people in television really have as much confidence as they put out to - just fake it girl -

try this test out - put something on thats a little showy, not tacky or slutty but a little showy - walk through the mall with your head held high ( not snobby ) look people in the eyes even if you dont conversate with them, nod at everyone you pass - or at least acknoweledge them - and look at the reaction you get -

half of confidence to me is how people perceive you - people get their perception of you through how you show yourself to them - so if you act confident people will assume you are a confident person -

i noticed this when i was younger ( like 13 ) if i went into the mall i could act two ways - how i really am ( not unconfident but not trying to care about anyone or get anyones attention ) or if we were cat calling ( seeing who could get more numbers ) - throw on my fake personality where my head is ****** up - i dont ignore everyone but i acknowledge them - wich makes them acknowledge me - i dont try to carry on a convo - i just make my self seen with out calling attention to my self and you would be suprised how much your attitude can attract things to you -


all n all girly girl - do what you say you do best act - i dont care how uncumfortable it is - pretend ya hear me? thats what you do best - ( winks at u )

Answer 7

Gain more confidence through motivational workouts. Wake up earlier than normal every morning and jog. If you already jog, than do other workouts in addition (weight lifting , arobics). Trust me, the more you jog and workout, The more motivation and self-confidence you will gain. Do not give up on your dream, you are actress material...you have to be if you posted this question.

Answer 8

Learning some basic grammar and sentence structure would be a good place to start.

Answer 9

fake it.
eh...do some soul searching.