Anyone Serious About Acting?

[clare]

Meh it shouldn't go by looks. There's a lot of good looking actors/actresses who just can't act and it's unfair. I don't really think I'm good enough looking for it lol but I love acting, so I'm going to give it a go anyway. I have extremely low self confidence, but meh I still seem able act alright *is weird*. I don't think I'd go into it to be 'famous' anyway, I just wanna act, though that'd be cool lmao
But yeah...I reckon the way you see yourself isn't how other people see you...people will always admire talent over beauty. It's all very well watching someone good looking act, but if you’re not believing what/who they’re playing what’s the point? Lol think I've rambled enough now, adios!

[Sampaguita]

I feel your pain. I don't think that casting should be solely by looks either. However, it is important that the actor look the part. I don't know... I think that the line of work is just TOO hard. I think I crave approval and recognition too much to be able to be successful as an actor. I do like the idea of becoming someone else for a while... but then again, maybe that's what writing's for-- at least for me...

[Mandragora]

I think writing is like acting, especially in understanding each character. If a piece is more of character-driven, I think the writer acts through the way of words, and as how a chaaracter would handle a situation, the writer is more than walking around the skin of the chracter... it's quite a pain, though enjoyable, expressing characters through this.

Augh, been having a lousy day so far.

[Voldie_M]

Mandragora said:

I think writing is like acting, especially in understanding each character. If a piece is more of character-driven, I think the writer acts through the way of words, and as how a chaaracter would handle a situation, the writer is more than walking around the skin of the chracter... it's quite a pain, though enjoyable, expressing characters through this.

Augh, been having a lousy day so far.

i know im quite late on this topic but i was just reading through and,mandragora,you are so right about that! I thought about what u said here and it all makes perfect sense to me.
I act sometimes as a hobby,i am interested in it, but im also interested in design work.I also do a lot or writing and i know exactly what u mean

talking about acting,im not sure if i wanna go into it yet like some people do,ive been in loads of school plays and im really interested in theatre and literature,but its just....hmmm...*thinks*

[MrsRiddle]

well you may remember how i said all that stuff about being put off acting cos i lost my faith in it. and then i decided i wanted to go into Holistic Therapies...

well...

i was researching college/uni course on Holistic Therapies and i suddenly woke up and thought 'why am i doing this? i wouldnt be happy doing this' and it was like a voice inside me was speaking to me saying 'you know deep in your heart what you want to do, what you've always wanted to do and what will make you happiest...'

and from that point on, i know all i want to do is act. [glow=purple,2,300]i want to be an actress[/glow] only all i can think is that i'm not good enough. i wish i was as good as Ioan so i could get into RADA and do the thing i love, perform to hundreds of people, perform to the camera, be an actress.

but i really dont think i'm good enough! i wish i was though cos its my dream.

what do you guys (and gals) think? should i try or would it be a waste of time?

[hesaki]

if you really (really) want to do it - try.
Else, you would say the whole time of your life "Why haven't I tried it."

[lizifer]

u should go for it. if u don't give it a try u'll probablly regret it later on.

[Voldie_M]

hey i know what you're saying here..sort of the same happened to me...
i wanna be an actress,and a fashion designer,i know i cant have both,but in the meantime im using one as a hobby,and thats acting.I remember thinking when i was in my last year of school...if i dont even try to become a fashion designer,im gonna end up in a job i dont enjoy,there's so many people out there who are in a job when they'd rather be living their dream.
In my heart i knew exactly what i wanted to do,fashion design.But at the same time i had this huge passion for acting and theatre.so im gonna enjoy it all while it lasts.
What im trying to say is,believe in yourself and you'll be fine,you may think you're not good enough? then practise until you are satisfied you are

only a few people get to live their dreams...so why dont you,like me,try and get to be one of the lucky few? it could happen!

[MrsRiddle]

what should i do though now? cos i'm at college doing Performing Arts, and i've changed my mind so many times because i didn't think i had the potential.

all the UCAS (university) deadlines have gone, and i've been accepted at some uni's for holistic therapy, but i didn't apply to any drama schools or courses.

i was thinking of having a year out anyway - so i can get some money and get my driving lisence etc, but after that i dont know what to do. cos i really dont wanna go to universtiy really unless i could do an acting course. i would love to go to Drama School.

any ideas?

[lizifer]

if u don't wanna do the courses u've applied for dont go to uni this year, take a year out. u have to be 100% certain ur uni course is the right one for u. if u make the wrong choice of course u have 2 choices; stick with it and be unhappy; or; u loses a lot of money. so don't risk it, take a year out get money, if ur still not happy with how well u can act take acting classes, get experience in acting or something

[MrsRiddle]

thanx Lizifer

i knew i didn't want to go to uni cos i didnt want to be unhappy there and i didnt want to go unless i felt it was worth while.

Ioan is such a good actor, i wish i could be as good as him.

in Performing Arts just now, i did my presentation on Ioan and my teacher loved it and the clips from Hornblower, titanic and 102 D! but then we were doing acting techniques and we had 3 chairs represtenting a bench and i was acting drunk and i threw myself on the chairs and they topple over with me still on them! it was VERY funny at the time!

[Catriona]

I had the best dream last night in which I was auditioning to be the "lost" older Weasley sister, Saskia. (Don't ask me how I got that name) When I woke up, I was so disappointed it wasn't real. I wanted to be in the Harry Potter movie so badly!

But I guess most of us have to be content with acting in school plays, or like me, university theatre groups
It's too bad, though, like you said, that only the really good-looking people get the good roles. I mean, I'm not bad, but I'm no Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[lizifer]

no problem mrsriddle. my cousin made the wrong choice of uni and course so wasted a year of her life doing something she hated, now shes changed uni and courses and loves it! glad ur presentation went well

[MsPoet]

I spent 2 entire years taking English courses as an English major and then switched to theatre. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but at my state university, it's easier to change from one specific major to another than to enter "Undeclared" and then take up a major. I simply had to get a couple of forms and get the theatre dept. dean to sign it. I don't quite understand why it would be more difficult to be an Undeclared. ....I shouldn't complain tho. lol

[Mandragora]

Hehe, how about this one, it feels like I am wasting my time studying the 'wrong course' for the last almost seven years (I've been trying to shift around though), but then I am to finish in a few months and then I had a dream last night I TOTALLY screwed up my thesis!

Now THAT'S a nightmare. Which reminds me, OI have to work on my thesis and another work in an hour. Ohmigod.