When you just start your acting career and begin to navigate the unknown maze that is your options for acquiring skills as an actor, you really need all the encouragement and support you can get. This, of course, applies to your friends and family foremost because they are your trusted loved ones who are supposed to have your back no matter what. Right? Not always.
It’s very difficult to have to put yourself out there for scrutiny on a daily basis—especially when you are new to the process—and not having your support group to call on when feeling beaten up by a casting director or acting teacher.
It’s not always your family and friends conscious effort to derail your confidence. More often than not it’s simply their lack of knowledge on the entertainment Industry as a whole, so they are fearful of what it is, does, and the outcome for you.
If you feel as though everyone you know is negative and just plain doesn’t “get it,” then take a moment and see your choice to become an actor from your family and friends’ perspectives. When you were having your epiphany that your career in life would be to become a thespian, your family probably had other aspirations for you. An
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