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Question: Being in the right places at the right time for acting!?
I'm seriously pursuing an on-screen acting career and I really need to get out there and meet people and just network!. I'm going to get an agent so are they going to tell me where and when I should be in certain places!? Or do I just go to random events and parties!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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If your avatar looks like you, you're painfully thin!.!.!.!.!. can you eat more!. You would be VERY attractive if you had a little more weight!. Anyway, if you have training and potential, you'll need an agent for the first 5 years!. If you're really good, they will find you!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You don't "meet people" to be an actor!. You ACT!.

Are you involved in community theatre and whatnot!? Going to open casting calls!? Agents don't find YOU-- you find THEM!.

Sure, you hear of people being discovered in the mall or something, but that rarely happens!. All the stars you see on the screens started out small and worked their a**es off!. Don't listen to anyone who tells you agents or parts "find you" or you'll only get jobs if you "know people"!. That's bull crap!.

If you get an agent, they won't tell you what parties to go to or where a director lives!. They'll give you the details for an audition, and you better be there!. An agent has anywhere from 5 to 100 actors they're managing; they won't baby you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

why don't you work on plays and other venues!?Www@QuestionHome@Com