Acting! plz answer!?

Question

I really want to become an actress, but I am to scared to tell anyone in my family, therefore I can't get any advise on how to get into the acting career. Please if you have any idea on how to get into the profession let me know! thanks so much!

Answer 1

Hi,

speaking as a parent, I would be pretty disappointed if my kids felt they couldn't tell me about things that are important to them. It might be tough, but I would advise you to tell your parents anyway. Talk about it. Have a look a the answer I gave to a girl who wrote and said that she was having a difficult time convincing her parents to support her decision to become an actor.

First I'll give you a couple of free resources on my website for actors and then I will share with you the answer I gave to the girl, who is probably around your age.

If you do a search here on answers you will see other answers to this question, as it comes up usually a couple of times each day. I answer this question a lot and so instead of writing the same or similar answers over and over again, I have created an ebooklet that will give you a lot of intormation as to what you need to do to get started. Just go to http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/acs-blog.html , sign in on the right side of the page and you can download it for free. It's called: What It Takes To Become An Actor.

The second resource is about getting an agent, although, if you have no training yet, then I doubt that you are ready, but here it is anyway: http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/how_to_get_an_agent.html . It takes you through a process that I used to get two agents and a personal manager in a short period of time in New York. Using the same process, I also got casting directors to actually start calling me in directly for auditions.

And now the answer: But I'll tell you something. In a nutshell, what could help you to feel more comfortable about talking to them about it is INFORMATION.

Here you go:

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Hi there,

what do you think would really make your parents start to take you seriously and support you?

Do they know what actors do? REALLY? Do they know what it's like being an actor? Do they know what you really have to go through to become an actor?

Do YOU know the answers to those questions? Do you know what it's like and what the issues actors face, what it's like to work on set, what your chances are of just getting work, how hard you'll have to work, how much you will have to invest of your time and energy to study, to do mailings, to write cover letters, to submit yourself for auditions, to prepare for auditions, prepare your monologues, bone up on your cold reading skills, take specialization classes, travel, etc.
Do you know what the average earnings are of an actor these days? Do you know how many days on the average an actor works.
Do you know what it takes to become an actor and do you have what it takes?

Have a look at the following links:

http://www.actingcareerstartup.com to see some of the issues actors face while trying to get work.

http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/working_as_an_actor.html to see what it can be like day to day looking for work.

http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/a_working_actor.html to see what it was like for me once on the set of an independent film.

That’s just a start. I strongly encourage you to talk to other actors, both working and struggling as well. It will help you in your education.

That's a lot of questions I know and I asked them on purpose.

Why?

Because if you can start to answer all those questions, maybe you will be more convincing. I know you're young, but you have to get started sometime. Some teenagers have someone who is an adult and who supports them in their goals. You don't so you can either keep butting heads with your parents or being afraid to approach the subject, or you can start to find out things for yourself.
In other words, the more information you have, the more informed you are about what you say you want, the more you can talk about it intelligently and demonstrate that you know what you are talking about, the greater your chances of being able to convince them to support you. If they havejust as much information as you do, then you are on an equal playing field. They are your parents. They're bigger. They're older. They have the money. They win! At least until you’re out of the house or until they no longer foot your bills!

Is that the way you want it? No? Then get a move on and start doing your homework! :-)

Does doing your homework mean that you will get what you want in the end? Not necessarily. Your parents are certainly taking into consideration your best interests. But even if you don't get them to support you, you will know a lot more than you do now about the profession you say you want to pursue.

Good luck!

Tony
ceo
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com

Answer 2

So you get started in your school and church plays and then in your community plays. After you have built up a lot of experience, and in the meanwhile, proud mom and dad will have seen you in plays, you can take an acting class. In the meanwhile, you need to read all the plays you can and see all the plays you can and read books about acting. When you are in your mid teens around 16 or so write back to this forum if you haven't learned what else to do .

Answer 3

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Answer 4

listen u gotta be true to urself tell ur family im sure they'll understand i wanna become an actor aswell i told my family and they said they would do anything to help im only 12 but wen im older they said they'll put me to collage my parents are behind me see if yours are if not try get an agent and do some plays in acting schools to build a resume

Answer 5

Where do you live? Your best bet would be to move to where all the acting in the country takes place (LA), get a agent and go to every audition you can get. All of them.

Answer 6

You should try getting into like student films and small things. They will prob not pay but do alot of them and your resume will add up :D
Good Luck