I want to act as a living, but I fear my passion for acting is larger than my natural talent?
I have little experience, but I love this and I don’t see myself doing anything else and enjoying it.
I don’t have enough money for lessons.
What should I do?
Should I let my destiny take me and see if it wants me to act?
Or what?
Don’t worry, very few actors act for a living. The majority of actors in the Screen Actors Guild earn well below the U.S. poverty line in acting earnings alone. This is why most have day jobs or survival jobs that allow them the freedom to get to auditions or do the acting jobs if they book them.
If you do not have enough money for classes the first thing you should do is get a job, save up and start your classes. There is so much to the business of acting you shouldn’t let your fears get in the way of pursuing the business if it is what you really want to do. Talent alone is not enough to secure success. Go to Amazon and look up books on how to be a working actor or the business of being an employable actor.
September 4th, 2010 at 3:45 am
Don’t worry, very few actors act for a living. The majority of actors in the Screen Actors Guild earn well below the U.S. poverty line in acting earnings alone. This is why most have day jobs or survival jobs that allow them the freedom to get to auditions or do the acting jobs if they book them.
If you do not have enough money for classes the first thing you should do is get a job, save up and start your classes. There is so much to the business of acting you shouldn’t let your fears get in the way of pursuing the business if it is what you really want to do. Talent alone is not enough to secure success. Go to Amazon and look up books on how to be a working actor or the business of being an employable actor.
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