Expert: John T. Aney - 7/13/2006

Question
I'm only in 7th grade and dream to be an actor but my smiles not good enough for the stage. It's getting sorted but problems wont stop got any tips?

Answer
Your smile isn't good enough?  Who is telling you that?

Being an actor isn't about smiling.  It's about learning about and portraying other people.  Only movie stars have beautiful, stunning smiles, and movie stars aren't real people.

Look around you sometime.  Look at all the different kinds of smiles there are, and all the different kinds of people there are.

If you dream of being an actor, ask yourself what it is you really dream about.  Do you dream of being a movie star?  Of being rich?  If that's what you really want, you should stop now, because your chances of accomplishing those things are very slim.  Be an actor because you love the art, and you love being other people, and because you love showing the world how people really are.  If you are good at that, success will follow.

jta