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hi,i have always wanted to be an actress. i love performing in  
front of my friends and family but i want to do more than that. i want to be a serious actress. but i don't know what to do to get started. i don't care if i am rich or famous but i just want to do what i love. it unbelievable how much i want to be an actress. thanks for listening.

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Alyssa,

Thanks for writing. If you want to be an actress, my advice is go to school and study the craft of acting. When you're able to, enroll in a college or university with a nationally-recognized drama program, one with a professional actor's training program, like Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Julliard, etc.

If you want to be taken seriously as an actress, you need to develop your talent and learn a variety of acting techniques and skills that will serve you as an actress.

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.

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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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