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Question: I wanna be an actor how do i get started!?
im 13 and umm yea my friends and such others give mr honest opinons they tell me what to work on like if somoene was dieng i need to work on that but other then that they say i am great my mom and dad to and also my strongest area is in horror and acting in a sad moodWww@QuestionHome@Com


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I would venture to say that you are not acting, but you are acting!. What does that mean!?
In my earlier acting classes, sometimes my teachers would say to some of us who were doing scenes in front of the group, "Stop acting!" What she meant was that we were concentrating on how we were supposed to "act" instead of concentrating on "being" the character we were playing!.
Acting isn't making faces it is being real or as Sanford Meisner puts it!. "It's about the reality of doing!."

My recommendation is to get into your drama club or take some acting classes and start to learn how it really works!. When you watch a television show or go to the movies for example, we often forget that the actor on the screen has a name like Denzel Washington or Brad Pitt or Miley Cyrus, because they are so wrapped up in their characters that we actually believe that they ARE those characters!. The reason we think that is because they are so good!. The reason they are so good is because they really believe they are those characters and it shows!.

Take a look at this answer that I gave to someone here on answers not long ago that will complete this answer for you with regard to what you need to do!.

You are so not alone!. You would be surprised (or maybe not) at how many young people say almost the exact same things in the same way!. Sometimes I'm torn between telling them to start by getting some training and telling them to just go get a head shot and go to some casting website and start submitting!. But reason wins over me and I have to tell you that if you really want to be an actor, you should first put your big rush to do it to the side and slow down!. Build your base first!. The competition is fierce and if you don’t prepare yourself really well, you will become just another statistic of the many who WANTED TO, but never made it!.
I even created a new video on my site on the exact same topic: The reasons why most aspiring actors never make it!.
You might have heard in school when you talked about Abraham Lincoln, that he is the author of a famous quote!. He said, "If I had three hours to chop down a tree, I would use the first hour to sharpen the axe!."

If you don't sharpen your axe first, there will inevitably be a time when you will have to stop chopping and sharpen it, so you might as well do it now!.

What does that mean!? Get some acting training!. Find a good school and a good teacher to help you learn how to act!.
While you are doing that, try and understand what it really means to be an actor, what actors do!.!.!.really while they are trying to get work, how little money most actors make, why actors struggle to make ends meet and how successful actors are able to continuously get work!. You need to learn business skills, networking skills, communication skills and a lot more!.
When you decide to become an actor, you are making a decision to run your own business!. Now I know you are young, but if you can start to grasp these concepts now, WITH THE HELP OF YOUR PARENTS of course, you will position yourself ahead of your competition!.

On the other hand if all you ever aspire to is to work background work on Disney Channel or something like that, then don't worry too much about all that stuff I just said and just go and try and get extra work!. That's fairly easy to get considering that the majority of all acting work is background work and smaller roles!. But you have to know that if you really want to make a big splash as an actor, sooner or later you will need some real experience!. Extra work is great in my opinion at the very beginning just to start and see how things are on set and how real actors prepare and perform and to see how set directions are given, but it will not make your career!. In fact, some industry professionals discourage it for those who really want to pursue a serious acting career!.

The thing is, you can do both if you want!. You can go to school, take acting classes and still work as an extra while you are learning the craft!.
At any rate, have a look at this page on my website for aspiring actors!. It has 23 links to pages that have to do with starting your acting career!.
You'll find a lot of helpful information there that will make you think about how you can get your acting career started including steps to get started, 17 things you can do fairly soon to start getting work, ways to promote yourself, how to get the money together to fund your career, how to get an agent, 29 ways to promote yourself to get noticed and why acting school is so important!. http://www!.actingcareerstartup!.com/teen_!.!.!.

Good luck!

TonyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Look for some auditions at community theaters or schools!. You can find these in the newspaper, online, or just look around town!. also, you should try and find what suits you best and get a monologue you can do in that genre (sad/horror)!. Or you can look for a play in that genre to start off!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try auditioning for roles!. you can look at this site for audition listings: hollywood-opportunities(dotcom)Www@QuestionHome@Com

yeah, you should visit http://hollywood-opportunities(dot)com too, it's a pretty neat site for those who wanna get started in the industry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

for al the info u need to know go to actinginfo!.blogspot!.com and talentagents!.blogspot!.com
and search the whole site for everythig it wont pup up infront of uWww@QuestionHome@Com

first start off in school and community theatre!. it helps if you take some acting classes too!. then go out and look for auditions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com