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All my life I've wanted to be an actress. My Mum is doing everything she can to help me achieve my dream but, I just want it soooo badly like now. I'm 14, I think I'm a good actress (so I've been told)and would lovelovelove an acting job. So if you have any handy tips they would be very appreciated.
Thanks, Jamie :)
Jamie,
Thanks for writing. My advice is if you want to be an actor, get the best training you can find at programs such as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Webber Douglas School, and the Central School of Voice and Speech in the UK.
Then, when you have the training, you need to move to Los Angeles as 95% of all film and TV work in the USA is cast in Los Angeles.
My third piece of advice is if you LOVE acting and cannot think of doing anything else with your life, then never give up on your dream of a career as an actor! Don't let anything stop you! It's a very difficult road to travel and the chances of you ever being able to support yourself financially solely from acting is pretty slim - BUT IT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WORK HARD AND NEVER GIVE UP!
Good luck!
Phil
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Phil Nemy
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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.
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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