‘Tis the season of love, when our thoughts typically turn to romantic partnerships. But remember to save a dance for your other significant relationship: the one with your career. No doubt you’re passionate about performing, but have you fully embraced the entire actor’s life? If not, take a vow to get in the mood because the more attentive and faithful you are to your career, the better chance it’ll love you back.
It might sound strange to say but acting is just a small slice of the aspiring actor’s life. In fact, you’re likely to spend more time trying to book a gig than actually doing one. And while the time and energy spent doing each of these things will fluctuate throughout a career, this interdependency is the yin and yang of the actor’s life. However, many performers still see the “business” end of things as something separate from the work, decidedly un-fun, even a necessary evil. As an aspiring actor, however, this is flirting with disaster because it sets up the vast majority of our career as unpleasant, maybe something to avoid.
To put it another way, imagine you’re dating someone and you only enjoy their company five percent of the
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