Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/Acting and developing the skill

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Hi, I have asked questions here in the past, and I hope you can give me some more advice. If I REALLY wanted to better my skills in acting, do you think it would be nessasary to fly out to L.A. to be with an acting coach if they asked me too?

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Lashay,

If you REALLY want to better your acting skills, then yes, I believe it is necessary to work with an acting coach. However, that doesn't mean you have to fly to Los Angeles to do that. I don't know where you live, but there may be some terrific acting teachers in your area. If not, then you need to get to a city where there ARE really terrific acting teachers.

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.

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.

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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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