I am an Asian American who is now officially 18 years old and I have been pondering about what I want to do in life. I don't have much experience in acting, or drama, except for this one performance I did in my previous year, but it has been something that has always interested me. I would like to get a career started but I just don't know where to start. My initial plan was to attend UCSD, which I'm going to attend in the fall, and work on a pharmacy degree while doing sidework to increase my acting skills and see if I truly have the motivation to go big with it. Afterward I get my degree, I planned to go to Japan and take more classes there and hopefully hit it big and eventually knocking some roles in Hollywood. I would like some advice on my plan to get started. I know it takes true devotion, perseverance, and hardship endurance to make a dream come true and that's what I'm going to do. It just seems to risky to go straight into an acting career without having a backup job.
2007-05-06 21:18:58 · 4 answers · asked by Drew 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Sounds like a good plan! My son just started doing acting about two months now and he's Asian. So far it has been good and better than expected. They've even tried to put him in a role as a child of a Caucasian person. So, you never know if that is a possibility. I also hear they also film things for Japan here.
Good luck!
2007-05-09 15:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by bbrzt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hard thing is, you can't know when you may 'hit it big' so you have to be willing to drop everything the second someone makes you that offer. Especially being asian... those offers are few and far between. If you get an offer, take it. Go back to school later if things don't end up working out, it sounds like you're smart enough to do that. Just don't burn any bridges at school :-) I don't mean drop your studies on the chance that you may possibly get something, but if you're auditioning while going to school and something great comes up, go for it! Just keep studying until or unless something better comes along...
2007-05-07 07:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my humble opinion, be assertive and go to auditions
there are many successful stars that didn't goto acting school (although classes do help, and will make u more presentable to casters)
certainly, have something to fall back on, maybe put some money towards an emergency fund (within a CD)
good luck!
2007-05-07 13:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Billy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if u hav european features,u can b as white as u want but if u hav asian features then u cant paly a white person.
2016-05-17 08:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋