So, You Want to Be an Actor? How to Begin a Career in Acting
Saturday April 12, 2008
How does one go about landing a role on shows such as Grey's Anatomy or Heroes? Is it really possible to get discovered while eating in a restaurant? Do you want to break into show business, but have no idea where to start?
Breaking into the acting industry is no easy feat. In fact, it can take many years to land just one big role. You'll need to have a very thick skin and be prepared to take a tremendous amount of rejection.
This industry is not all about glitz and glamour; it takes years to develop good acting skills. This is a difficult career path, but it can also be incredibly rewarding -- especially if you land a role on a great TV drama!
Could you be the next Hayden Panettiere or Matthew Fox? If acting is the road you wish to travel, find out where to begin and what you need to know about getting your foot in the door.
Breaking into the acting industry is no easy feat. In fact, it can take many years to land just one big role. You'll need to have a very thick skin and be prepared to take a tremendous amount of rejection.
This industry is not all about glitz and glamour; it takes years to develop good acting skills. This is a difficult career path, but it can also be incredibly rewarding -- especially if you land a role on a great TV drama!
Could you be the next Hayden Panettiere or Matthew Fox? If acting is the road you wish to travel, find out where to begin and what you need to know about getting your foot in the door.
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I recently stumbled upon a new website – HollywoodPassport.com – that really does offer a lot of FREE information to actors. I repeat: FREE INFORMATION! Stuff that I never found anywhere else, at least not in time to save myself from wasting years and untold dollars on a fledgling career in Hollywood.
The best part is…it’s actually fun to read.
I don’t know who put it together, but anyone reading this should really check it out.
I want to be an actor in one day but I don’t know how to start it!!!!and I want someone to help me…!!!!!!!Pliz..!!!!!
I AM SETH AND I AM 9 YEARS OLD. I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START IN ACTING INFACT O DONT KNOW IF I JUST SPELLD KNOW RUIGHT I HAVE BIN TURNED AWAY IN EVRY MOVIE I AUDISHIND FOR BUT I RILLY WANT TO BE AN ACTOR CAN YOU HELP?
I am a 25 year old men and i want to know if it’s already too late for me to star a acting carrear.This is my dream and i dont know were to star.
I am a 25 year old men and i want to know if it’s already too late for me to start a acting carrear.This is my dream and i dont know were to start.
Hi my name is Sean im 18 and i live in Australia. I have loved acting all my life, ever since i was in my first primary school play at 4 years old. All i’ve wanted to do is act i dream about it at night and think about it all day, But i just have no idea how to start an i just can’t bring myself to tell anyone its what i want to do. How can i bring my dream to life instead of felling like a failure.
Hi, my name is yasir hameed and i m 21 years old. i am so much interested in acting.i can devote my day and night for acting.but i dont know how and where to start it.
hey my name is Laura im 20 yeas old. i live in Lithuania. My drim to be actor, but i know it is imposible, become i live in Lithauen and my English speak is not very good. but it is my drim…
Hi my name is Jillian I watch TV everyday and see my favorite stars selena gomez,Demi lovato,Miley Cyrus and a bunch more and always dream I could be just like them and always say one day I will and if I keep saying and not doing am probably not going to be an actress also I see kids acting and there under my age I really want to start but I don’t know what to do I need an agent and to go to classes I have a great personality and a sunny smile that can brighten anyone’s day am waiting to be discovered if you have a idea where I could get a good agent or go to classes or just have a question email me at jillianpizz@aol.com I can make anyone laugh!
Yeah i really to be an actor. I live in georgia (not in american state) but in the middle of asia and europe. I really want to go in america and start acting career. But i know it will be very hard i am 16 years old and i want to have a chance, and go in los-angeles
Having a Degree in Journalism and Mass Communcation and after having done some internships in Media organisations made me forced to think about acting as now a days job market in Pakistani News Media is saturated as told by media people themselves.Can i be an actor?? some day why not waiting for a right time and to grab an opportunity.
Hey my name is Tea i am 16 years old and i live in Croatia. My dream is to be an actress, but i know it’s imposible, because i’m living in Croatia belive it or not in Croatia auditions are organized once or twice a year, and mainly in the capital city (Zagreb) I tried with various agencies for actors, but nothing all in vain… But i really want to be an actress
Hi ,
Acting is my passion . I always wanted to act but i’m not that good looking i’am 21 years old . Graduate in business mgt . I dont know where to start and how to start not been to any acting school . Can i still be an actor
Hi everyone, I’m Confidence from Ghana. I have the interest to become an actor but do not know where and how to start all of it, anyone out there who can help me shoul email to confidennis@gmail.com
Hi, i am nemenara and i want to become an actor in boolywood but i don’t know that how i can enter in this fild. So please sugest me
Hi, i am nemenara and i want to become an actor in boolywood but i don’t know that how i can enter in this fild. So please sugest me. i am 18 year old, and my ID is cool_nemendramenaria@yahoo.com
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Which acting school in NJ/NY would you recommend?
Well, I just love acting. I can’t stop thinking about it day and night. Its a dream and I really want it to come true, I have no idea, how to start, because I live in Singapore, and my parents doesn’t want to move into L.A. How pathetic. Help me. D:
i want be an a good actor but i have no ideas what im doing but ill try i can be do it this