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time is flying extremely fast.i live in Nigeria with my parents and siblings and my life of singing in the shower and dancing in front of a four feet mirror is becoming monotonous.i am sort of a straight A student,but i want to have an assurance that all my dreams come true.i sing, dance, write poetry and songs and also i am a very good artist.i aim high,and someday i hope I'll be better than Hannah Montana,but that can't work if nobody even knows what i can do.i have a little experience in acting from a commercial i starred in a few years ago.please i am a black girl with dreams,what do i do?please help me...
Akinlade,
Thanks for writing. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do if you remain in Nigeria. You need professional actor's training, you need to move to Los Angeles, CA in the USA, you need an agent, and you need determination. And even with all of these there is no guarantee or assurance that your dreams will come true.
Sorry, but that's the truth.
Phil
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Answers by Expert:
Phil Nemy
Expertise
I am a motion picture and television producer with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. I am also the author of the book GET A REEL JOB: Finding Your First Job In The Motion Picture Industry In Los Angeles. I can answers questions on a variety of subjects about careers in film from acting to directing to crew work, getting into the unions, successful strategies for networking, etc.
Experience
Former VP, Production for The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
Supervised production on such films as ARMAGEDDON, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, REMEMBER THE TITANS, PEARL HARBOR, CON AIR, ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE ROCK, CRIMSON TIDE, COYOTE UGLY, A CIVIL ACTION, ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, NOTHING TO LOSE, EDDIE and others.
Worked as an actor, stage manager, director on broadway and regional theater as well as L.A.' Equity-waiver scene.
Former Associate Artistic Director of Los Angeles Equity-Waiver theater.
Organizations
Director's Guild of America,
Screen Actors Guild,
Actor's Equity Association
Education/Credentials
BFA in Acting/Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.
Past/Present Clients
I've worked with such filmmakers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott, Steve Zaillian, Scott Rudin, Garry Marshall, Frank Marshall, Michael Bay, etc.
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