As an acting teacher, nothing angers me more than excuses.
I love acting, everything about it. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. But I’m always confused by other actors who say they feel the same way—that it matters more than anything, that they’d rather not eat than not act—and yet don’t do anything about it. There’s a huge disconnect between what they’re saying and what they’re actually doing.
As an actor and acting teacher, I’ve always been 100 percent committed. To some, that might sound silly, impossible, and unrealistic. And maybe it is. Maybe what I love and crave and need to do and would die if I couldn’t do it is completely undoable. So what then? Quit? Give up? Get a job doing something else, a “real” job?
Well, maybe you can do that. But for me, it’s impossible.
If you’re one of the former, if you believe those excuses and you’re barely doing anything, acting is your hobby, not your career.
READ: What It Means to Be an Actor
It’s a hobby when it’s not your top priority. It’s a career when it’s number one on your list and everything else is a distant number two: money, friends,
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