The ups and downs of being an actor: A blog about the process of going from amateur to professional in the acting world.
I always had a passion for acting and have been involved in the drama scene since I was a child. My problem is that I have never really taken it seriously until recently, which is why I am sharing this with you.
Since my early 20s I have often thought about becoming a full time actor, but the idea of actually doing it scared me too much. As a result, I never did and just got on with other things.
Now that I’m older, I’m less bothered about what others think of me, so when I had the idea last year, there was nothing stopping me.
I decided to take classes at a local drama school to learn some technique and to help build my confidence. My teacher has been amazing and has taught me so much over the past six months or so.
The ups and downs of being an actor: A blog about the process of going from amateur to professional in the acting world.
I am a young girl from Maryland who has been bitten by the acting bug! Having grown up in a military family, I have lived all over America and even spent a short time in Germany. I have always loved theater and drama, but I never truly got the chance to devote my time to it, until now.
I started taking classes last year at an amazing school with incredibly knowledgable teachers, who are also working actors themselves. Currently, I am taking classes as well as auditioning for both stage and film roles.
Drama Classes Near Me is my personal blog where I will be writing about my adventures through this crazy world of acting!
There are a lot of ups and downs when pursuing acting as a career. This blog is about the process of going from amateur to professional in the acting world. Sometimes the ups are exciting, sometimes they are depressing. Sometimes I get work and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I have a good experience with a director and sometimes it’s dismal. Sometimes I do well on an audition and sometimes I fail miserably. The same goes for acting classes that I take, or even for taking photos for my headshot.
The main thing is to keep going, no matter what happens.
I’m also learning to write about my experiences (going back to the beginning of my career) for this blog. It’s helping me think about what really matters in the long run: growth as an actor and as a person, living life to its fullest and maintaining perspective no matter what happens.
At times the path can be difficult, but it’s worth it because being an actor is so much fun!
I’ve recently started working with a new acting coach, and I now have to fill out a “daily practice sheet” to show that I am spending time each day working on my craft. I’m really excited about the new changes, but setting aside specific time each day to work on acting is so weird. As an actor, you spend most of your time waiting for someone else to give you permission to act. You wait for auditions, callbacks, bookings and rehearsals. To actually put a specific amount of time each day towards acting feels strange and wonderful. It’s like I have a full-time job again!
Of course, the truth is that all actors have full-time jobs, outside of the profession they are training for. If you want to be an actor your entire life has to be about supporting that goal whether or not you are working at it actively at any given moment. That means making choices about money, relationships and hobbies that are in line with being an actor. You train for it tirelessly at every moment whether or not you are actually doing it.
I like this idea of creating a practice sheet because it reminds me that you can always work on your craft no matter what else is going on
I get this question a lot from actors who are just starting out, or who have been working for a little while, but still don’t see the results they want. I’ve personally been in this position many times. It’s easy to start feeling like you’re never going to get anywhere, that you’re not good enough, or that there’s some big secret everyone else knows except for you.
But I’ve also had periods of time where great things were happening – I booked commercials and was very busy, and people around me started noticing. Even then, it didn’t feel any different than when I wasn’t getting much work at all. The only difference was how other people saw me. And that should tell you something: if you’re waiting for some sort of magical switch to flip in your performance or your career before you can be successful, it’s not going to happen.
There is no magic trick to acting or auditioning successfully. You can spend countless hours trying to “find” the character, studying other actors, reading books about acting, etc., but the bottom line is that acting is like any other skill – the more time and effort you put into it, the better you will be at it.
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