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I wanna be an actress and I need help?
So I like to act, no I'm not crazy goood but I'd still love to addition and what not I'm a sixteen year old girl blonde blue eyes live in SanDiego California and was wondering if someone could help me out?! Please and thanks:D
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2 Answers
- CogitoLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Liking to act isn't nearly enough. And learning how to spell 'audition' would be a good start!
Addition means adding figures up - math.
What you look like doesn't matter.
If you want to act, join a class, then try for a place at a top drama school on a 3-year full-time course. Then get experience doing unpaid stuff for a couple of years.
Then you might be able to get an agent, who might be able to find some auditions for you to attend.
But without training and experience, you won't get anywhere.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
First of all, regardless of whether you want to do Stage or Film, the person above who said what you look like doesn't matter is wrong. Acting is ALL about casting a certain look, or "Type", as it's called in the business. As an actor/actress you are your own business, and your personal appearance is one of your marketable skills. That's why 70% of the people at the gym in big acting cities (L.A, New York, Chicago, Miami, etc.) are actors, lol. If you are pretty/good looking, the sad truth is you have a lot more job opportunities and chances of being cast in something than someone less attractive. Not to say people who don't look like someone you'd find on People's 50 Most Beautiful list can't find work-- they absolutely can, it's just your range of roles is more limited than someone who is considered prettier.
Anyway, as far as training goes take as many classes/intensives as you can and get as much experience as possible. Acting is all about networking-- who you know and what you've done is what will get you jobs. Being talented obviously helps, but unfortunately, more often than not it isn't what gets you roles (especially in Hollywood), it's your resume/connections.
If you want to get into film, get an agent/representation and start bulking up your resume by doing extra work and commercials (<-- although this is pretty competitive). Also, working on independent/short films, especially if you enroll at a college to study Acting-- there will be a lot of opportunities to act in student-produced works. As the above poster said, a lot of this work may be unpaid, but you have to pay your dues to get ahead.
Most of all you have to have passion and drive. "Liking" to act isn't going to get you through the weeks, possibly months, of being unemployed and constantly rejected from dozens of auditions. Acting is an extremely stressful and difficult career and is not for the weak of heart or people who enter into it on a whim!
Best of luck!
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