It’s called ShowBUSINESS for a reason
One aspect that actors need to understand when starting a career in acting is that it is a business. We spend a lot of time and creativity perfecting our acting abilities to a top level, so we owe it to ourselves to be just as creative within the business of acting.
The problem is that the business and creative side often clash. Actors are artistic people and are not generally best suited to business. But it happens to be the best way to get your work seen.
As much as I loathe the celebrity media actors, we could learn a thing or two from some of the professionals in this arena.
Let’s take Jordan aka Katie Price and Peter Andre.
Ok, I know I might lose you here, but try and stick with this for a moment.
Some may say they have no real talent to talk of, are pretty shallow and are not the most intelligent people (I will come to that in a minute).
But, and this is a big but. They are never out of the media and they are making a fortune. Now that’s clever!
Katie Price is outstanding at the business of showbusiness. Like her or loathe her, that is a fact.
She dominates all the trashy media. You may think that is easy, but it’s probably not as easy as you think.
Now, if you are a talented actor and actually have something to shout about, you owe it to yourself and to society to get that talent seen. We need more outstanding actors with the ability to touch us, move us, make comments on our society and make a difference on a deep level.
Good knows we need something to balance out the Katie Prices and the Big Brother evictees.
Education on the business of acting is the essential ingredient missing from the mainstream drama school training and other acting courses and acting classes.
This is something I teach my students on my acting courses, as I feel I owe it to them to give them the best possible chance of success in this business.
So, no matter what acting training, acting classes or acting courses you end up doing, make sure they teach you how to get work at the end of it and how to get your work seen.
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