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Hey i just want to know how can you start to become an actress when u r 13 and live in palm coast , florida?i mean when i turn 18 i am leaving here to go to hollywood but i want to know what can you do to be casted in a movie or t.v. show?how can i b ready?

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Maya,

Thanks for writing. If you want to be cast in a movie or TV show at age 13, you need to audition. Unfortunately, you won't find a lot of auditions in Palm Coast, FL for film and TV shows. 99% of the films and TV shows that you see in the USA are cast in California, which means you need to be in Los Angeles to audition for them. I'd wait until you're 18 and can travel to LA to audition.

How can you be ready? You can be ready by studying the craft of acting. Enroll in acting classes in your community. Read the three-volume acting books by Stanislavski and learn as much as you can about the craft of acting. That's what you can do NOW to be ready for pursuing your career at 18.

I 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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