if you're a lawyer and you want to be an actress.
2007-01-21 06:15:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It's an awesome thing huh?
Well, it's possible- everything is. However, if you want to be a serious actress, the thing is that you won't have work all year round, but when you do, it will be for long periods of time.
A job in law does not permit you to continuosly take leave. Which place would?
However, if you want to do a degree in law, and try to break into acting while doing law, it's possible. The best time is of course a year before, during or a year after uni. These times you will have a chance to see how far your acting can take you, while at the same time being a trained lawyer!
So you always have someting to fall back on- law. And if acting doesn't go well for you, you're a trained lawyer! However, if you make it to your standards in acting and have quite a number of projects, you will probably have to quit from law for a while.
I wish you all the luck!
2007-01-21 18:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Chocolate Strawberries. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be really, really, REALLY hard. The thing is, acting is a REALLY physically and mentally draining career. Going into law takes alot of hard work (i.e. LAW SCHOOL). If you're going to be a lawyer, you can't have drained mentality. It's possible...but I would suggest being a lawyer first, then being an actress. Since lawyers make steady incomes and have job security, you could do that until you have what limited stability there is in acting.
2007-01-21 07:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by booda2009 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...you have relatively some time to determine all that out. turning out to be an actress and singer are far fetched concepts, exceptionally singing. except you're relatively on the innovations-blowing of your recreation, that's an entire life of a ravenous artist. in basic terms on the grounds which you choose for to grow to be an actress or singer, does no longer recommend you could. the two are very complicated international to interrupt into, and it is not consistently as glamorous because it ought to look because it does at age 12. legal professionals do no longer purely debate. you could have an exceedingly analytical innovations and be an extremely stable author and may be waiting to think of on your ft. you in addition to could could pass to regulation college and bypass the bar...oh and you could decide the way you will pay for regulation college too! i'm no longer attempting to place down your targets. i'm in basic terms asserting, you're purely 12 years previous and none of those careers are elementary to do, and regardless of how lots that's beneficial to do them, you will probable change pastimes many situations till you're arranged to graduate style extreme college. that's a protracted highway, and you have your complete existence past to you. So, whether you choose for to do those issues now, you will likely finally end up doing something else, and probable out of decision.
2016-10-31 22:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the difference ? You have to be able to act to be a lawyer.
I have a friend who trained as a lawyer ( actually a solicitor ) before training as an actor. He has never looked back. He's a good actor and has the backing of a legal training..very useful in show biz. GO FOR IT.
2007-01-22 12:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you act a lawyer, maybe you could be ab actress depending on the quality of your acting.
2007-01-21 06:19:30 · answer #5 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens all the time in sitcoms.. You can be a better actress playing a role of an attorney if you really know what an attorney does. Yes you can be both! In fact, you should go for it.
2007-01-21 06:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by sharia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to disappoint you Katina, but i think you cannot...of course you have to try it if you want it so bad, but acting requires a life form witch i don't think lawyers have... you have to have a lot of spare time to fill it in with repetitions...well....it's a beautiful world, but i have quit because i couldn't even manage to remain human while being an actor. however, if i hadn't try, i couldn't pass further on longing to be an actress. good luck, but don't put everything on this.
2007-01-21 08:36:47 · answer #7 · answered by ferencz r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, you can be a lawyer and a actress if you want to be,it's all up to you.
2007-01-21 06:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by ladybug 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can; actually some of the best actor have College Degrees. And I know some actors that are Layers: Ben Stein, Tom Schmid and other.
2007-01-21 06:48:40 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not, the only restriction that may hold you back is limits of time and energy and if you need to pursue one path 100% then you may have to delegate the other to hobby status or freelance.
2007-01-21 06:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by getfit chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋