Should i give up acting?
No - if acting is important for you then make the time to keep it as part of your life. You don't have to give it up. You might have to give up the notion that you'll be "discovered" or something - but you don't have to give up acting. And what you want is not unusual. Very few people in the world want their job to be their life and so it rarely ends up like that. Most people have hobbies and passions outside of work. They have relationships and friendships outside of work. But they do have jobs so they can support themselves. That's true for actors and non-actors. So one thing adults have to do is learn how to prioritize things in their life and make choices. Sure having a full time job and doing a theater show can be challenging - but many people do it. You may have to wait and eve money for voice lessons - but that doesn't mean you'll never be able to do them. So rather then give up acting - start to plan and make choices and take control of your life and responsibility for your choices. Good luck.
Should i give up acting?
at first you must learn from everything that you are doing. even if it's a role that you don't like it. that's the first step. try to find something interesting and challenging in this "ugly role" then you will start to grow as a professional actor. in this profession you come often to many crossroads and if you say : "ok, now, i give up, i can' t do a Big role, nobody likes me and so i'm not good enough so i quit" - that means that you are not doing this because it's your passion, you do it just because you want to be considered. and this attitude it seems to me very wrong from the very beginning, because if you love to act, you must find something that you enjoy in every role. even if it's chorus. if you hate this, that means that you already have preferences and that you begin to chose, not to learn. you have many many possibilities with what you are doing, it's only a question of Joy and Curiosity to find out much more things about you. things that are hidden from you, in this roles. they are benefic. use Positive Thinking. it really works. you have other things to do, don't waste your time with this kind of thoughts, like "I hate this, i hate that, i want this, i want that" it's useless. ciao. good luck
Should I give up on acting?
IT would be interesting to see how many of your answereres thus far would continue under the conditions you have endured. Your story is one that is not all that unusual. I continually warn people not to go into debt to go to acting school, it is not worth it, and acting school is not all it is cracked up to be. I have seen the kind of discrimination you descibe before in a highly regarded NYC acting school --it happens in both directons, rich against poor, poor against rich, colored against white, white against colored. That is a shame because the acting industry was the first to establish racial equality and is mostly color blind. .. So here is my advice. You don't have to become an actor tomorrow. You have your whole life. (I was 40 when I got my first professional role). Your health and well being are the most important things. You cannot be an actor if you are not in good health. If your "man" is a real man, he will help you overcome your debts and ailments,and support your being an actress.
Should I give up on acting?
dude i am exactly the same!! i ahev been doing minor acting my whole life because its just never something i really could fully concentrate on because i was brought up thinking education is everything!! But now im going to take the step , there are many people that think im crap but i dont care this is the only thing in the world i want to do!! i once saw an actress say that dont even try to become an actor unless you have this amazing burning feeling inside of you like you cant live without acting!! because acting is a hard business are you will probably be rejected 7000 times before that one person finds you!! and also youre only 16 and i know you think that all the actors get discovered at a young age but no its not true, hugh jackman from x men didnt even start acting until he finished university and that includes taking a year off after finifhing school!! he was doing journalism an university and he had to for some reason do a course in acting and thats how he found his passion!! And agin 16 means that your are not evn matured fully, when i was 16 i was but ugly with no friends but now at 18 i became a great looking guy and i have tonnes of friends!! Just let youreself shine dont take what others say to heart because the ones who truly make the dreams come trues are the ones who work to make them true!! they dont just sit around waiting to be discovered!! i mean hey we are not all zac efrons
Should I give up my acting dream?
I have been acting my whole life, and it is my true passion. I have done many plays, I've helped on the crew for others, and I've made home movies with friends several times. On top of all of this, I surround myself with other actors and performers as friends. Sadly, I recently did some thinking and learned that I am a bad actor. A very bad actor; I can't convey emotions, I can't do accents, I can't sing or dance, I can't play off of others very well, I can't improvise, and most importantly, I can't step into another character's life and leave mine behind for the show. I know what makes a good actor, and I've studied acting styles and actors for years, but for some reason, I just can't act to save my life, even though I love it with that life. I am going to take an acting class with a high success rate this summer, but I just don't think it will be much use. To top it off, I constantly compare myself to the leading actors in plays I'm in, and while they are often quite bad, I can easily tell they are a dozen times better than I am. The only reason I continue to be cast in shows is I have a good standing with my director. My question to you all is this; even though I love acting more than anything else in the world, should I just give up on it? I am not getting anything out of it, even after giving everything for ten years, so should I just forget it and find a new passion?
Should I just give up the idea of ever completing a college degree?
I barely graduated high school. I hated being forced to learn and I was in an inner city public school.i joined the Marines out of high school, picked my path, did what I wanted to do what seemed interesting to me…I excelled. I did college online…hated it. I hated taking blanket base courses…I was a marginal student and did spend time in the classroom to graduate. I did well at my sales job but wanted more and someone suggested getting an MBA. What? Me? I hired a tutor for the math and did ok on the GMAT…but man did I Excell in the classroom. I loved what I was studying I'd never been taught by an awesome teacher before, knowledge based people who could connect the math and finance to real life…. Oh my gosh if I had that level of teachers in high school I'd be a dean at Harvard by now!My point is, find what you enjoy and become a master at it. Getting your GED is hard but finish. Take an odd job but volunteer at a hospital, take odd jobs in industry you are curious about…find out how the whole thing works and go to school to study that…you will get A’s if you enjoy it and it sparks your curiosity instead of something you are being told to study. Don't just go to college, go seek an education in a field you like
Should I give up my job for acting?
I did not focus on acting, my work and studies took that into consideration, but my interest was in the work behind the camera, the stage curtain aprons, and in the writing and scripiting to support the performers work.SO… Are you qualified (By your nature) and willing to acquire the marketable skills to be an actor as a means to earning a living? Acting is a job, like any other, and probably harder than your can imagine, then the one you have now. It takes grit of a strong commitment, discipline, time to develop and hone skill sets, and for others to trust you can and will deliver the performance within the time and place the job schedule requires. The ability to handle stress and boredom can be taxing on emotions and cognitive intelligence - it commands your focus and demands your attention. - as someone said, there are no small parts, just small actors… or taller ones.If it is your calling for what ever reason, accept you are one among the many of temperament who await a call to do the job… you are a product, a means to an end if deemed the right talent disposition to serve a particular given role and interact with a given ensemble of performers you are a part of the whole less a one person show…You might say that acting is a constant state of job hunting… you’re always finding a new job from role to role and in between the roles, when one job is done, you’re out of a job and the pay check ends, unless you have the might to warrant residuals… You are a commodity of a given value based on what you can deliver of audience expectation. Whether your name is above the title or below in the supporting credits and often noted is usually the consequence of a long journey of persistence and affecting presence. Your business takes others keen marketing support, strong representation with credibility to open doors and set a course of opportunity to strut your stuff and pick the right stuff for your best work be displayed, and who know what casting powers are looking for and how to deal with agreements and professional guilds or unions…It’s not make believe… it’s the art of making something believable… What is seemingly impossible, possible to experience, to connect the audience to engage their self in the story, see their self, feel their self in character. It’s a great job… as as is any job by any title you find of compelling course to personify who you are.
Should I give up an idea just because it has already been done?
Interesting question. So, the first thing I'd like to highlight is that you should never feel stopped because someone else already launched your idea. Yes, I know there is a management concept called "first mover advantage" but, let's face it, the history is made of cases as Google - players that are definitely not the first mover and that because of a specific group of strategic attributes, end up surpassing all the other competitors.So, my humble advice is a sound GO FOR IT.But, first, make sure you answer the following questions:What will differentiate your product from all the others?What are the key pains of the customers? Do you already know these? You should never develop tech just for the sake of it.How will your company be perceived as unique?If you think of these points way before you launch your business, I guarantee you will be much better prepared for the long run than your competitors that are already in the market but might have no understanding of their customers.Hope it helped!If you have any specific doubt, feel free to email me to pedro@buildyourdreamcompany.com. I’m more than happy to help you.All the best-PedroAdditional resources:In case you’re wondering how to beat a bigger and stronger competitor, here’s an article to help you defining your strategy.
How to not give guys the wrong idea?
I'm the geeky art girl type. Not the flirty, "watch-my-chest-hang-out-of this-shirt" type. Not too interested in dating at the moment. Even so, I still get guys coming up to me, getting ideas somehow. At the moment, I even have a guy who follows me around a bit like a puppy dog. I feel like he's always breathing down my neck. I want to be nice to these guys. They're all good people, and I want to be friends. But a lot of them assume that my efforts to be good friends mean that I'm interested. I don't want to just stop trying to be friends, or stop being nice. But how can I stop these guys from getting ideas? It makes me feel uncomfortable... Or is it that I can't do anything at all?
How to deal with negativity as an aspiring actor?
I'm confused - why do you think telling you that you'll have to get training, experience and work hard to get to a goal is "negative"? Do you expect things to just be given to you because you want it? Be careful, if someone tells you that you that acting is easy, that you can make hundreds of dollars with no experience, that they can get you "discovered" and make you a star - it's a scam! Seriously, read about the red red flags of scams - https://www.backstage.com/magazine/artic... . "Positive" messages like don't give up, chase your dreams, follow your heart, and other inspirational messages are meant to lure in people who are desperate for success and have little experience in the acting industry. And they just end up taking your money or getting you into porn (or both). If you want success in anything in life you're going to have to work for it. If you really love acting, why would you think getting training is "negative"? Most professional actors continue training throughout their career - it's a chance do to something they love and get better at it! Why is that a bad thing? Why do you think that explaining to you the realities of the industry so you can make good decisions as discouraging? If you know the craft and business you're MORE likely to succeed that's not discouraging. Or maybe you find such advice as negative because you're not really interested in acting - you just want to be "discovered". Maybe you don't dream about being a story teller and giving an audience an experience (no matter how big they are) but instead of some fantasy of walking the red carpet and having fans ask you for autographs. That's something you might want to ask yourself. Because acting can be very negative and frustrating. It's not unusual for an actor to book only one job out of fifty or aa hundred auditions. Every acting job is temporary so you're always wondering when (and if) you'll get another job. Attempting an acting career requires persistence and resilience. Getting quality training and experience and having an understanding of the industry can get you those skills and give you the confidence and the ability to define success for yourself.