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| How to be a good actor |
Don't just dream to be an actor and jump into the ruthless film and TV world
1. Start taking training and don't stop no matter how good you think you are or how good others tell you are, so that when you do put yourself up in front of the right people, you will be ready! Join a good school or preferably, hire an acting coach in the beginning who will focus on you alone.
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Research and research...Study Film and TV or commercial production industry.
Find out how it works. Find out who are casting actors, agents, and what casting directors, coordinators look for in an actor, what the unions do, what the current trends and competition are in the industry, etc.
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Don't jump for any audition whether or not you meet the requirement of a "character" auditioners are looking for. It may lead to your being rejected. This is a concept you need to be familiar with! It will help you direction in your marketing efforts.
4. Get into your head once for all that acting is a business like any other. Therefore, learn the basic business, networking, and self-promotional skills. So important! You need to make sure you stand out from everyone else. You need to be extremely persistent as well!
5. Get a portfolio made. Your headshot and other pictures exactly show who you are. No tempering to look great!
6. Learn how to audition. Auditioning and acting on set are two different beasts. Auditioning is like getting an entry ticket. It's completely different from the rest of the game.
7. Surround yourself with people who are already doing what you want and NOT with people who are trying to get what you want. You are more likely to learn from people who are already doing what you want to do. So go find them and learn from them!
8. Talk to both working actors, A: who is making a living from acting as well as. B: to aspiring actors who have been talking a lot over the past couple of years and really haven't done very much. You can learn from both groups! From one you learn what to do. From the other, you will learn how NOT to be.
9. Stay curious and never ever think you know it all. Be good and humble. You can always get better, whether in your acting technique, auditioning, sharpening your monologue delivery, on-camera technique, learning about the industry or whatever. Never, never stop learning! Continue getting retrained from your acting coach
10. 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.
11. 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. Without that passion much will be lost and it will be difficult for you to achieve the success you desire. And what's more, you probably won't be very happy.
12 Get registered with a good agent or with top casting directors / artist coordinators. Learn from their knowledge and experience. Follow them regularly for auditions
13. Finally, in your journey, there will be periods of considerable financial instability. Have you planned finances for the sufficient period of time? If not, then this could be a bottleneck to your long struggle.
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