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A Message From Brian Timoney
Dear Aspiring Actor,
I know exactly what it is like to be in a 9 to 5 job that you don’t want to be in, when you have a burning desire to become a professional actor. I have been there, done it and bought the t-shirt.
When I left school I worked for a bank, which turned out to be the most soul destroying years of my life. I really wanted to be an actor but many people around me at the time told me to get a ‘sensible’ job.
There came a point when I thought, ‘I have to do this before I get to 65 and regret not doing it!’. Life is not a dress rehearsal. It’s here and now.
I never regretted the decision to leave the bank and become an actor, because I went on to have the most amazing experiences for over 20 years in the industry. I have worked as a director, actor, producer and acting coach. I have travelled all over the world with my work, met some great people and there has never been a dull moment.
I am now recognised as a UK leading expert on Method Acting and I have taught actors appearing in lead TV, feature film and West End roles and much more. I also appear regularly in the UK media including the BBC, The Evening Standard, The Stage, The Sunday Express, The Metro and movieScope Magazine.
I tell you this not to brag, but to demonstrate that you too can make the jump from where you are currently into a profession that you love.
Having been in your situation myself, I know exactly what you’re going through and what actions you should take to make the transition.
Here are 7 tips.
1. Make acting your top priority. You have to shift your 9 to 5 job into secondary importance. This is a small but big distinction. Until you commit to the fact that your 9 to 5 job is not where you are staying for the rest of your days, you will remain mentally stuck.
2. Make your 9 to 5 job work for you, not against you. See your 9 to 5 as a means to an end. Use your income to fund your training and all the other materials you will need such as headshots, showreels, voice reels etc. It feels better knowing that your 9 to 5 is contributing to the process of change.
3. Associate with people in the arts. You need to be around other like minded individuals. If you are an accountant, for example, then hanging around other accountants will not help the transition. You need to fill your subconscious with the fact that you are changing and surround yourself with people who are artistic.
4. Get a mentor. You will need someone to help you make the change. The fact is that when people achieve anything big in life they do it with the help of others. You can’t do this alone. Find someone to coach and mentor you along the way. Al Pacino still has an acting coach mentor. Why? Because he wants to be the best actor he can, and that means others helping him.
5. Save some capital. When you become an actor you effectively become a small business. All businesses require some capital to promote themselves. You will need this too. You will need a PC, printer, CVs, headshots, showreels, voicereels etc. all at hand when you start out.
6. Study hard. When you come into the industry you are in competition with others – others who have trained hard and may have more experience than you. You need to be able to stand out and hold your own, and that requires you to have trained properly and to a high level.
7. Start taking some risks. I am not talking about going sky diving here. I am talking about getting used to taking some small risks. Many people are risk averse, and as an actor, this will hold you back artistically and in the business.
Making the change from your 9 to 5 needs courage and determination, but I can assure you that once you have, you will have one hell of an experience on the other side.
Best wishes
Brian Timoney
