Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/i want to be an actress

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i am 13
and since i was little people have told me i should be an actress because im so imaginative and loud .
but i am shy infront of new ppl .
i want to do acting classes since i think that is my only way to become a good actress but im scared .
i need to know what the best actresses do to become wot they are  do they go to acting school or can u do a gcse and A level ?
i need to know i am so desperate and i want to over come my fear
so wot should i do?????????????????????

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Bonnie,

Thanks for writing. Actors who want to be the best invest in the best training they can find. For example, Meryl Streep studied acting in her youth with private training, then enrolled in the prestigious Yale School of Drama and received her MFA degree in Acting. She continued to study the craft when she moved to NYC and to Los Angeles. Some actors never stop taking classes as they find that learning new techniques makes them that much better at their craft.

So if you want to become a good actress, you MUST enroll in the best acting classes that are available to you.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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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