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ok hello my name is Tiana and i'm 14 years old i've been wanting to work with disney channel for some time but like i have no actin experience. I know i can do it I just haven't got my foot all the way in the door. I just don't want it to take a life time, but i also know you can't come a star over night and i understand it takes hard work but do you have any advise for that?
Tiana,
Thanks for writing. Your instincts are correct - it may take you a lifetime before you are ever able to support yourself from acting. And for most actors, not even that happens. That's the hard reality of pursuing an acting career. 1 in 3,000,000 becomes a movie star or TV star. So the odds are against you.
But if you LOVE acting, and there is NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD that will make you happy, then you should follow your heart. And if that means be an actress, then be an actress. The first step is training. You need good acting classes, movement classes, voice classes, improvisation classes, and cold reading classes. Study these subjects as best you can, develop your skllls and techniques, and work hard.
Hope this helps. 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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