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im 13 and i plan on starting to go to an acting academy in the summer and continue with that through high school and HOPE to get noticed.I think trying out for comercials and stuff would help? I also want to take singing lessons too but im afraid that maby it is too late to start all this because usually all the really famous actors and stuff get noticed when they are very young. Im just wondering if it is possible for me to become a famous actress around my teen years.One of my favorite actresses is lindsay lohan i think shes a really great actress.This is what i want to do with my life but i want to know if im wasting my time paying money for acting and singing lessons for something that wont ever happen?

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Lauren,

Thanks for writing. People become successful actors at all different types of ages. Some become famous in their youth, others become famous in the later years. So yes, there is definitely hope for you to still become a successful actress!

Phil  

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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.

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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.

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Director's Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, Actor's Equity Association

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BFA in Acting/Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.

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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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