Acting - How to Get Discovered
By positioning yourself for success I mean:
1. Start training and don't stop no matter how good you think you are or how good others tell you are.
2. Study the industry. Find out how it works. Find out who casts what, what agents look for in an actor, what the unions do, what the current issues are in the industry, etc.
3. Figure out what your type is.
4. Learn basic business, networking and self-promotional skills.
5. Learn how to audition. Auditioning and acting on set are two different beasts.
6. Surround yourself with people who are already doing what you want and not with people who are trying to get what you want.
7. Talk to both working actors, who are making a living from acting as well as to aspiring actors who have been talking a lot over the past couple of years, haven't done very much, still don't have an agent and aren't taking classes and who are always making excuses for why they are not further along in their careers. You can learn from both groups! From one you learn what to do. From the other, you will learn how NOT to be.
8. Stay curious and never ever think you know it all. Be humble.
9. Once you start to achieve some success, help others who are in the same position you were once. You'll see that it will pay off.
10. At some point during all this you should ask yourself (and be honest) if you really, honestly and truly have the passion for acting to DO WHAT IS NECESSARY to succeed.
Once you do those things regularly, you will start to intuitively know how to position yourself to be discovered.
I conducted an interview with a Hollywood acting coach Bernard Hiller who said that, "If you let anything at all stop you from becoming an actor, that simply means that it's not for you." That's why point number 10 is so important, because this is hard work and if you don't have passion, true desire and motivation, you won't go very far.
Anthony Smith is an actor, author and motivational speaker. He the author of his best-selling book Acting Career Start-Up Four Key Factors For Success and creator of the website ActingCareerStartUp.com, which is full of advice, experiences and practical solutions for starting an acting career. If you have more questions or queries about starting an acting career, come by and visit http://www.actingcareerstartup.com.
Added: 12 июня 2008
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