i wanna act?

Question

so what do i do next?i mean i know its what i wanna do...my moms not 100% all for it....she said shell try.so what happens next what should i do..im starting classes in august..so after that what do i do next?hellp please!

Answer 1

is this katy?
well anyways I would look on websites and if your mom is all for it try looking for an agent

Answer 2

You should take some acting classes. Audition for plays in school and in the community.

If you are real serious about acting, you should consider moving to either LA or New York. It doesn't matter if you have a degree in drama once you get there. You will be auditioning with the rest of them.

Please note this is an extremely difficult field. Most people don't make it.

There are regional theatres in most cities and community theatre as well.

If you want to pursue acting, you should consider some kind of "bread and butter" job. Some ideas for this are house cleaning, hair stylist, waitress, etc.

Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 3

First off..what is your age? Are you in high school, or going into college? The reason I ask, is because there are more opportunities for experience in college as far as plays and musicals. But if still in high school, just try to get involved with all the plays, and also see if your community has a play house that you can join.

Either way...taking classes is good...but also get involved into community theatre, if you have any in your area. This will give experience and practice, and build up your resume for future reference. If you can, have someone take video of your performances, also for future reference...you can look back on some, and see if you need improvement anywhere, and you will also have the video so that when you do make it big...Jay Leno will be able to get a hold of it and show it for all the world to see, lol.

After you get some experience, and feel comfortable trying out for parts...go for it....but keep in mind, you may get shot down many, many times before you get picked. Thousands of people go in for auditions, so they have to pick someone that is not only experienced and right for the part, but also someone who stands out. So don't give up!

good luck

Answer 4

You could also try and branch out into the community and do local plays, commercials, infomercials and print work.

To find auditions online look at these webites:
www.craigslist.org
www.mandy.com

Also, look in your local paper or in acting newspapers like Backstage or The Stage.

Once you have bulked up your resume, send that along with your headshot and cover letter to agencies. To find a list of SAG registered agencies in your area, look here:http://www.sag.org/sagwebapp/application...

After 4-6 weeks, an agency should contact you if interested, hopefully then everything will fall into place, you'll get auditions, bookings, showcases, etc.

And that's how you get an acting job!

Don't let anyone ever tell you, you can't because you can!

Good Luck!

Answer 5

Find an acting class. Actors take classes for many years, you should study acting for 10 to 12 years.

Answer 6

You take it one thing at a time and don't try to plan because i can tell you by experience that nothing ever goes as planned. Read lots of plays and books on acting and just become an informed actor.

Answer 7

Hi,

First things first. Get into a good class. Good you are starting in August. See how it goes. In the meantime develop an opinion about what you want in your training. Check out some of these books by. They will enlighten you as to the different methods and schools of thought there are around acting and what makes for truthful acting.

Uta Hagen
Lee Strassberg
Sandford Meisner
Stella Adler

Study the industry:

Go and visit www.backstage.com. There you will find a wealth of information about the acting industry.

Check out www.sag.org, www.aftra.com, www.actorsequity.com for information about the three major unions.

Find out what the outlook is for actors, how much they make for jobs, days, per hour, what average earnings are, statistical breakdowns by type, race, age group, what effect reality television has had on other categories in television. Starting to understand some of these things will help you get an overview and understand more about what you are getting yourself into.
You will be able to find a lot of those answers and begin to understand the industry by going to the union websites.

Work on yourself: PLEASE DON’T UNDER ESTIMATE THIS!

All this having been said, just don't forget to build your base, which consists of three important things: We already talked about the industry and your acting skills. The last thing has to do with you as an individual.
With regard to working on yourself, if you develop the following abilities, you will have a better chance of being successful, not only in your acting career, but in life in general. Not to mention that if you start thinking about these things now, you will be leaps and bounds above the rest of your peers. They are:

1) KNOWING YOURSELF AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT: greater knowledge of yourself: strengths, weaknesses, resources you have at your disposal (and not only financial!)
Clarity of your vision for the future of your career in a very detailed way. If you can do that, your actions will be more focused and you will waste less time and energy. To put it in a positive sense, you will optimize your efforts and probably get results faster.
2) DEVELOPING YOUR MOTIVATION & CREATIVITY: The ability to keep yourself motivated to do what is necessary daily to further your career. Knowing how to do that will help you tremendously!
The creativity and innovation to apply in promoting yourself and helping you to stand out. You can imagine how important that will be with all the competition there is!
3) PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN: a solid and detailed plan for how you intend to achieve that vision. Many people think that planning is writing some stuff down on a piece of paper and doing those things. There’s much more to it than that!
4) MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS: essential business skills that will help you to be successful as the free-lance professional that you are as an actor. Unfortunately many actors don't realize that they are in business, with a product to sell and promote, that is themselves.

So what could your next steps be? Yes, find that class, but do your homework first to find the best one you can for your needs.

Gather some information and talk to actors about what it really means to be a working actor, not like Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, but like the average Joe, out there pounding the pavement, getting jobs that last a few days, doing student films, commercials, looking for an agent, auditioning, getting rejected, doing mailings and drop-offs, preparing for auditions, going to class, saving up for months just to be able to get those new headshots, etc. Talk to successful, working actors, who are working regularly. Talk also to those who are working sporadically: a commercial here, a day role on a soap opera there, a play here, an industrial there, etc. And, you will want to talk to to those who are not working much, not auditioning much. Learn what to do and what not to do.

Here is a link in which I talk about one of my typical days last some time ago in NY, looking for work:
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/working_as_an_actor.html
And
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/a_working_actor.html in which I talk about an independent film I did not long ago.

And go check out suggestions I gave you above.

Lastly and maybe most importantly, realize that the person who will embark on this new mission of becoming an actor is you. Whether you are successful or not (and success is something that you must first define for yourself) will depend on the industry itself, but it also will depend largely on you. By that I mean, your attitude, your talent, your willingness to learn and be curious, your perseverance, determination, method, your clarity around what you want out of your career, your capacity to find creative solutions and creative ways to promote yourself and set yourself apart from the rest, your ability to create a financial base so that you can concentrate fully on your craft, your ability to motivate yourself and to handle rejection, your capacity to be disciplined and plan for your success and it will also depend on your capacity to sell and market your acting ability.

Good luck to you!

Tony
www.actingcareerstartup.com