Is it to late to study acting?

Question:I just took a theatre course at my university. I'm majoring in something else. I just put on a show and I did really well!. I'm 28, and I can sing and I used to be a dancer but I never thought I could act. I really really like it. Do you think its too late to train in acting wether from university or from a proper performance school?. I don't think it is, not like it was with dancing. I'm interested in enrolling in a theatre program whilst I'm working in the UK this summer. They consentrate on classical training which would be the kind I would seek if i did take another acting course.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I just took a theatre course at my university. I'm majoring in something else. I just put on a show and I did really well!. I'm 28, and I can sing and I used to be a dancer but I never thought I could act. I really really like it. Do you think its too late to train in acting wether from university or from a proper performance school?. I don't think it is, not like it was with dancing. I'm interested in enrolling in a theatre program whilst I'm working in the UK this summer. They consentrate on classical training which would be the kind I would seek if i did take another acting course.

Hi,

I trained as an actor and now work as a director and writer. I agree that its never too late to start, as long as you have commitment. When I did my training the youngest on our course was 18, the oldest 39 at the start. If you've got drive, talent and discipline, then it doesn't matter how old you are. Actors play people, and people are not all young! The more life experience you can bring to your work, the better I say. Also, I trained young and started working early and I spent a long time doing small gigs here and there, only achieving recognition after a few years in the business - this is a common tale of the jobbing actor, so the age you start isn't necessarily the most important thing!

One word of warning might be this - The euphoria of doing a show is fantastic, and discovering you have this passion for performance is great, but it needs to be just that - a passion. The feeling that you get from live performance, from praise afterwards and the audience reaction etc, its one of the best feelings in the world, its why lots of us get in to it in the first place. But acting for a career is hard work, hardly ever glamourous and that feeling you found on your theatre course might not always be there. I don't mean to put a downer on it , you just need to really think about the nuts and bolts of what being a professional actor is all about, what running yourself as a business, or as self-employed, is all about.

If you want to act, and you're not sure about how far to take it, then enrolling in a summer course in the UK is a really good idea. I think the classical training you're interested in is a good move too- you should try to get as broad a physical and vocal training as you can: there are thousands of actors out there, and the ones with real skills in voice, movement etc are the most employable ones.

Really good luck with whatever you decide to do!

It's never too late to train in something you truly enjoy!

Look, if it's something you love and want to do, listen to nobody but yourself, go after your dream and do what you want to do.

Plain and simple.

It's like my favorite saying: "It's your time to shine."

So Good Luck!! I hope everything works out and hey, maybe one day you'll be famous, so just believe in yourself, and even if this comment is the cheesiest one you get, I still want you to listen! Because one day you'll look back and you'll think: "Wow if it wasn't for that crazy woman that made me do this when I asked a question on yahoo I wouldn't be where I am today. Thank you crazy lady."