I want to become famous?

Question

I want to become famous by doing comedy, like Sarah Silverman. And i also want to become an actress but i'm not sure how... i think that maybe i should look online but i don't know. What do you think?

Answer 1

Do you think there is a website that tells you how to be famous? If you want to do comedy you can. If you want to become famous doing comedy you can...forget it. You perform because you love it. Not for the money, the fame or for any other reason. If you want to be disappointed and miserable your whole life make sure your expectations do not align with reality. People work like dogs for decades honing their craft and still have to work regular jobs. If you're not willing to do that then don't go into show business because that is the reality. Next time you watch a sold out sporting event on TV look at the crowd. That's how many people are trying for every ONE person that becomes famous. Still want to try it?

Answer 2

Sarah Silverman is a very funny person. People who are comedians are naturally funny but it takes a ton of hard work. I've done standup comedy before and it's scary. The one thing I've learned is that a comedian's jokes aren't what make him/her funny. That person is funny to start out with. Yes, the jokes have to be good, but they have to be delivered the right way or they're not funny at all. One of the scariest parts of being a comedian is performing your own material in front of an audience. The advantage to being an actor is that you're performing someone else's material. If you really want to become a comedian that's great. But don't want it just to be famous. Fame comes to very few people and those who get it, more often than not, can't handle it well. I would recommend a book called "The Comedy Bible" by Judy Carter. Your library may have it or you may have to order it from Amazon or your local book store. It's a good book and it will help you if you follow the instruction. Good luck!!!
Ron

Answer 3

Most actors never become famous. If you want to act to become famous, find another career. Very few actors become famous. Other actors spend their career in the background.

Look at your life and ask yourself the reason you have a desire to be famous.

Actors actor because they enjoy the acting proess, they enjoy creating characters - not that they want to be famous. If one becomes famous it's an added plus.

Answer 4

Hi friend,
You can actualise your dreams if you locate the right place and the right person.

If you join a good Production your dreams will come true.
I know of one Production. The name is "GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS" They are into Entertainment, Movie, Music, Comedy, Soap-Opera, Script Writing. if you join this kind of production it will help you a lot to actualising your dreams in life.

For futher information on how to join this Production e-mail to: [e-mail]

GOODLUCK!

Answer 5

well to be competely honest. it seems that you just want to be famous and not really comedy or acting. you have to really have your mind set on these types of careers becuase they are soooo hard to land. millions of people set out to be someone famous and only a few succede. my advice to you is think of what you really want to do. and you have to put your mind to it and get good in it.

Answer 6

So does everyone. Now, tell me about yourself and maybe I can help you get started on a path that might lead to becoming an actor. I mentor aspiring actors. [e-mail]

Answer 7

The answer is Simple.
Do it the old fashoned way.
work for it
many other big time aactors did it and well almost everybody who didnt have a famouse mom or dad

Answer 8

im srry but everyone asks this question and all im going 2 say is do u have an agent, ur parents behind u, and do u got talent???

Answer 9

Hi,

Some years ago when I played American football in college, we were on the practice field at the end of August right when the new school year started. It was hot and we sweated our butts off! To get to the practice field we had to walk across campus and our college mates were out playing Frisbee. The girls were laying out in the sun. The guys were drinking beer and laughing and having a good time. And what were we doing? We were going to put on our equipment in 95° heat and go out and practice for three hours.

You can imagine that in that kind of heat, practice was hard. Sometimes we wanted to rest or get a drink of water, but we couldn’t. Our coach saw that we were tired and wanted to rest and it was always at those moments in the middle of practice when he would call us all in, tell us to take our helmets off and “take a knee”. He used to tell us a lot of things during those little speeches of his. One thing that he always used to tell us was, “Men, when it’s too hot for the other teams, it will be just right for us.” Something else that he used to tell us was, “Men, if you’re out here practicing in this menacing heat, you gotta love it.”

First and foremost you gotta love acting or singing or whatever you want to do. If the reason you are doing it is to become famous, then I would strongly advise you to seek out some other field. I know that this and the other answers you received might be difficult to digest, but it’s all good advice.

Your first priority as an actor, should be to learn the craft and try to be as good as you can be.

Another time, when I was in college in my sophomore year, I was trying to decide what to major in. What I really loved was languages, but I thought that I should really major in business administration, because that’s where the money would be, but I didn't like it enough to make it my major. I talked to a professor in whom I could confide and told him that I was undecided. He told me to do first and foremost what I was most passionate about and be as good at it as I possibly can at it. He told me that if I did that, then the money would come and fame too, if that’s what you want.. He said that one day I would be thankful that I chose to do something that I really love to do. And you know what? He was right.

It's important to know what it really means to be a working actor. Maybe you already know. I don't have much information about you other than what you wrote.

Here are some of the issues that actors face before they even get close to working as an actor:

*New to show business and just seem to be wallowing around to find out what you should be doing to get started in the right way!

*Not being sent out on many auditions.

*Rarely getting called back.

*No agent and not sure how to get one.

*Not many industry contacts and can’t seem to meet that industry professional I would really like to meet.

*Difficult to balance work and the demands of an acting career.

*Able to book jobs, but not always able to keep them and don't know why.

*Sending out materials—audition tapes, headshots, and résumés—but not getting the types of responses you would like or none at all!

*Don’t have the money to take classes, so just taking a workshop every now and again instead of going to a school or regular classes. It’s been the situation for months. Maybe even years.

*Having difficulty getting off work for auditions, because the boss doesn’t support employees' acting careers!

*Difficult to prepare well for auditions, because of work. Either too tired or just not enough time in the day to work on your acting career!

*Have to work at a club or restaurant or in a job they don't like until the wee hours of the morning and end up going into auditions looking and feeling like a zombie.

*Having to work at a job that robs them of valuable time they could be using to spend on developing their acting career, auditioning or something else.

*Don't have the cash to make a show-reel or audition tape, get headshots.

*Not sure how to choose a headshot photographer!

*"Don't know how on earth it's possible to make a résumé, if I don’t have anything to put on it! How on earth can I start an acting career!"

There are certainly more of these issues, but this my friend is the reality. I certainly don't want to rain on your parade, but rather to help you understand that you need in my opinion four things that will help you get started so that one day you will have a good chance of getting work as an actor and then MAYBE get to be famous.

Knowing that many, many, many young actors and even older ones have the same issues and hearing about them over and over again, and knowing that I had the same issues not long ago, I decided to create a resource for this same group of people. It takes you through four critical and crucial steps that I consistently see actors overlook and skip, because they’re too impatient and want to jump in right away instead of first creating the base. For actors who think they have their priorities in order, but believe that the real goal is something other than to be a brilliant actor, to be the best actor they can be.

I say all this to let you know, something that you already know which is that there will be a lot of things to do before you get there. You will need clarity of what you really want and for you, why being famous is so important to you, motivation, determination, thick skin, a method of planning, business skills and you will need to see how these things can actually bring success when you interact and hear the stories of other actors, working actors.

Click on this link below and take the actor quiz. It will help you to see some of the things you know or that you need to know about your up-coming acting career: http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/actor_quiz.html

After all this, you need to study, study, study. I would advise you to get information about the different techniques that there are and then choose one. Here is some other information that can help you in choosing classes and schools and to learn more about the different techniques there are:
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/acting_classes.html

One last thing. Don’t disregard all the other types of acting possibilities there are:
Film, television, theater are the obvious ones. There is also hosting, industrials, commercials, commercial print, student films, independent films, spokesperson. They can help you to get your feet wet and help you get started.
Community theater, extra work, student films and commercial print work can all help you to get your feet wet, while you’re studying.

I hope this gives you some insight and I hope to have made you think. Unless you get lucky, becoming famous can be several years out, if it ever happens at all. Statistics say that it probably won't. If you are an exceptional person, then you can make it happen, but will come with a price and sacrifice.

One last little lesson I learned that I would like to share with you. When I first started acting, my teacher told me that it was probably my football and military training that taught me that I had to strive for the goal and that I achieve my goal, when I reach my objective. She told me that acting is not like that at all. She told me that it is not about “nailing” a scene, but rather about living each and every moment of the scene. That’s what makes it more real. We have to be “in the moment”. It’s not about the final destination of becoming famous. It’s about doing something you really love and enjoying your development and your experiences along the way.

Study, learn, be the best actor that you can be and enjoy it; each and every moment of it. If you become famous, I’ll be happy for you. If you don’t, be happy for yourself that you did something that you really loved and enjoyed. If you don't think you can do that, then you might want to think again about what it is you really want.

Best of luck!

Tony
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com