A lot of people will tell you that acting is fairly straightforward, and that those who pay for or spend their time being trained in new acting methods are wasting their time. But this isn’t true at all – acting is like any other career – only by educating yourself in certain techniques can you progress to more advanced, higher-paying work.
You’ll likely attend more than one acting school in your career, whether you’re destined to play a soap part your entire life, or you’re aiming to get into the mind of a partypoker pro living life in the fast lane. This is because different schools specialize in different techniques, and it’s important you don’t settle for a school where one class may benefit you but the others don’t. Save your time and attend that one class, then move.
Acting school will also give you access to feedback from both your teachers and your peers, enabling you to get instant critiques of your work rather than wait for The Dreaded First Night Review. It’s a worthy process that will refine you – because if you can produce acting that impresses your peers, your likelihood of impressing an audience increases significantly.
Acting is hard work, and it may be some time before you get your first paying role, but if you’ve got the talent, people will notice fairly quickly. The important thing is to start young, keep working hard, attend acting school to get the feedback and training you need, and it’s crucial that you make it clear pre-audition that they know how educated you are. Someone that takes their craft seriously will always be given more time over someone who’s simply riding in with a cocksure attitude and not a lot of CV to back it up. Good luck, and I hope to see you on screen and/or stage in the future.
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