i want to become an actress but i dont know how to?

Question

i really want to become an actress, i have always wanted to but i have never taken any acting classes. the problem is i am not very good in front of people. i get really nervous and mess up. i am in the school play but i am just a very minor role (a background person). i am a teenage girl and i feel like the time is running out and it might be too late to actually be able to become an actress. i always hear of peope starting really young and doing it their whole lives (being in commercials and stuff) but i have never done any of that. i think that i could be a good actress if i wasnt as shy and didnt get so nervous in front of people. i dont even know how to become an actress but i would really like to give it a try. do you think it is too late to try becoming an actress? any suggestions about how to become an actress. or how to not get so nervous in front of peole.

Answer 1

OK.

First, age is not important. Lots of people don't start acting until well into their 20s sometimes even later. And they are often better actresses because they've seen what life is really about. How can you act the part of someone who works in the 7-11 if you've never even had a job dealing directly with people?

You have plenty of time and just because someone has "always acted" doesn't mean they are any good.

What you need is experience. Keep doing the school stuff and find a youth theatre group and work in that. Do stage acting, because the best film actors started on the stage.

It's completely normal to be nervous in front of people, and doing acting workshops and performances will help you get over it.

Stop worrying about the reasons why you can't do it, and concentrate on just doing it.

Too much thinking, not enough doing.


Good luck.


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Answer 2

Do you want to act, or do you want to be an Actress?

It ain't an easy life. Get used to rejection and humiliation. Do you want to be famous? It is almost certain that you will not.

Acting is not about fame. Celebrity is about fame. It is really easy to become a Celebrity, and extremely time-consuming to become an Actor.

So, why do you want to become an actress? Fame, Glamour, Paparazzi, Glitter, Big Sunglasses, Rehab?

Or Work, Tears, Waiting Tables, Studying, Exhaustion, Studying Some More, Rejection, Exhiliration?

The latter is the world of actors. Choose carefully.

Answer 3

Good first answer. You just keep being in plays and pretty soon the nervousness will go away. Most child actors never do anything when they grow up.