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Tue, 27 July 2004, 11:09 am
Sebastian6 posts in thread
The Fact is,
Its hard to be an actor and no-one is a professional actor until you can say you earn the average salary of a office clerk. so stop complaining about how much you want to be an actor and concentrate on how you can survive in the world. Keep acting as a hobby. If you get a lucky break, then great, The only way you can get experience is by getting out there. Sponge off your parents as much as you can and get into community theatre. Get lesson and be pro-active instead of lazing around the house.

Every time you say 'IÂ’m bored' pick up the phone book and ring the nearest theatre and ask about the next play you can go see. Or get on the net and look for auditions, ring the people up and then go do the audition. There is no part to small not to go for. If you donÂ’t have the motivation to look for work you donÂ’t want to be an actor; you want to work at McDonalds, where the work is given to you.

So when you get shoved into the big wide world. So donÂ’t write down actor when you see "occupation:' write down what you really are, A lazy bum.

So if I see someone write on any message board "hi my name is blah and IÂ’m ** years old and I want work" you will get this message "Get off your ass and look for it"

Thank you for your time.

Sebastian

Tips from an old Crusader

Tue, 27 July 2004, 01:00 pm

I think there are many of us who would agree with your point of view, Sebastian, and I'm not going to take issue with your opinion.

Just be careful of appearing to 'flood' the board by posting repeated copies of your argument....and in general, giving yourself a high star rating actually diminishes your credibility somewhat.
Your points stand on their own merit!


Cheers,
Craig

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