Here’s our list of top drama schools around the world. My highest recommendation is Drama School – a full-time 3 year course at a reputable institution. You’ve got some options here for training. I always come back to Malcolm Gladwell’s principle that 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice” are needed to become world-class in any field. “Train at a reputable Drama School”, “Tackle Joan of Arc on a small stage”, “Learn more about myself as an actor, and as a human”, “Meet other passionate hardworking people and form a production company”.ġ0,000 hours. It can include positive affirmations and you can be as specific or undefined as you want. Write this one out too, but this piece of paper can live somewhere more private, perhaps inside your wardrobe, or in a notebook in the shelf, or even in Notes on your phone. Much like your 6 month plan, you need to be realistic, be prepared to shift and change. Not everything works out perfectly all the time – no matter how badly we wish it did! Be prepared to shift your goals back a few months if you need to. Just because you wrote it down doesn’t mean it’s a sure thing. It’s been 5 years, and I’m nowhere near Riverdale, but I’m having an absolute blast.
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I continue to hustle, to update my toolkit, to train. Then I had showcase, and signed with an Agent. Then I trained for 3 years, refining my skills, and building my network. Then when I graduated school at 18, I auditioned for Drama schools and got in. I wanted to finish school first, so I did acting class in the afternoons. If you’ve got no idea where to begin, ask for help! Ask other actors how they got through their first 6 months. Get ideas from friends, mentors, colleagues.You wouldn’t expect to pick up a violin one day and be playing at the Opera House 6 months later would you? You need to train, you need to assemble your assets, you need to hustle and you need to build a network. Don’t get disheartened – often we forget that acting is a career like any other. You might not even have an Agent in 6 months time. Be realistic: Look, you will not be a regular lead on the next season of Riverdale in 3 months time.It could also be in your wardrobe, or next to your bathroom mirror, or under your pillow even! Put it somewhere that you’ll see it regularly – mine is above my computer at my desk. Map it out like a mind map, or as a list, or with pictures, glitter, stickers or stamps – this is for your eyes only. Plot your 6 month plan on a large piece of A3 paper.It’s up to you to develop your 6 month plan, but here are some guidelines to follow. If you are prepared to put in the hours, you will cultivate a wonderful community, and the work will follow. Every moment of my acting career I have been grateful, and proud. This is not an easy path you’ve chosen – it will be a path fraught with financial instability, rejection, humiliation, anxiety and steep competition. 2# Six month planīefore we get stuck into logistics and practicalities, I want to reinforce this: be prepared to work.
It’s very hard going it alone, and it’s much nicer to have some solid friends whom you can call on for help with shooting a self-tape, for advice over coffee, or for a referral to an Agency. Easier said than done, but if you put yourself out there, you will find your tribe. Find people and cultivate a community of supportive, passionate and hardworking actors and creatives. If you are uncertain, then your work will be uncertain, and training institutions will be uncertain, and agents will be uncertain, and casting directors will be uncertain.Īnother part of this is to find your cheerleaders, and if not – be your own cheerleader. Be brave, and commit to it wholeheartedly. If you feel uncertainty when you say it, then maybe this isn’t the path for you. This is the first step to manifesting your goals in life – if you put it out there, the universe will meet you halfway. If you want to be an actor, then boom, you’re an actor. So grab a pen and paper, and let’s get to work.įirst things first, call yourself an actor – none of this “ I want to be an actor” or “ I’m training to be an actor” stuff. What do I do now? Can I really make this work? Will I even be any good? I’m going to try to dispel some of those doubts for you, and help you develop a plan for the next 6 months. Welcome to the tribe! I’m sure as soon as the euphoria wears off, the doubts and anxieties will start to creep in. You’ve made the decision to pursue acting.
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