Hey man, if you want to pursing acting then this is what I recommend. Mind you, this is assuming that you will be coming out to Los Angeles, CA; the mecca of professional acting in the USA. I don’t know what state you live in so I’ll give you advice as if you were heading out to Los Angeles, CA.
Here you go:
1) First thing is to get yourself situated. Don’t try to run off getting acting work right off the bat. Get yourself grounded and stable. So GO GET A JOB! It can take time to book acting work. So you need to work a job that will pay you steady income and give you health benefits while you still pursue acting. Look at companies in Los Angeles like AAA and Department of Water and Power (DWP) or Bank of America. All of these companies have call center jobs. If you don’t mind sitting on the phone and doing customer service work, then these companies can be really good for you to work at. Why? Because these companies have work shifts that can start at 5pm or 4pm in the afternoon. Remember, as an actor you MUST have your day time free to audition for TV shows, commercials and movies. You cannot work a full time day job and pursue acting easily. It is just too hard. And your goal should be to work a job that puts you in a stress free environment. A job that pays you good so you are not struggling. And a job that gives you your day times free so you can pursue your passion. A call center job does this and Los Angeles has a few of those. If you don’t like call center jobs, then you can go wait tables or be a bartender. I never liked that though.
2) Have a GOOD car that works. You NEED a car in Los Angeles. So if you have a good reliable car, then drive it out to LA. If not, then buy a good 2nd hand good quality car.
3) If you need to take acting classes or if you need find out who are the good agents in town or if you need to find out how to get auditions, there is a one-stop shop kinda place in Los Angeles that is very very good for actors. The place is called The Actors Network. I have gone to some of their meetings. They are very very good at helping an actor get jump started in the business. I highly recommend them.
Here is their website: http://www.actors-network.com/
4) Get some good headshots. If you don’t have professional pics, then agents and casting directors will NOT see you. I recommend this photographer, Robert Kazandjian. He does excellent excellent work and is not too expensive.
Here is his site: http://www.kazphoto.com/
5) Also, you will need to put together an acting reel to showcase your acting abilities to casting directors and agents. Agents and casting directors always want to see your acting work. So having what is called a "REEL" will help you greatly. If you have no TV or film acting experience at all, then here is a good company that can put together a cool acting reel for you when you are ready to do so. Their work is very professional. And they are not too expensive either.
Relentless Filmworks: http://www.relentlessfilmworks.com/
6) Go meet casting directors. If you are at a place where you have some good acting training under your belt and a little bit of experience and you are wanting to meet top quality casting directors, then you should take what are known as casting director workshops. You should try them for like one to two years straight just meeting and building relationships with casting directors because casting directors are gonna be the gate-keepers to getting on those TV shows and movies you wanna do. I think the number one place in Los Angeles to meet good quality casting directors is at a place called One on One Productions.
Here is their link: http://www.oneononeproductions.com
They specialize in actors meeting casting directors. They allow actors to perform acting scenes in front of industry professionals. And then if these casting directors like you they will keep you in mind for acting work. I have tried them and they work. I’ve auditioned for good TV shows because of these workshops. But be prepared. One on One Productions will audition you to see if you qualify to meet casting directors. If you are not that good yet and need some more acting training, they will not allow you to meet casting people at their place.
7) You also need to have a cool store to check out where you can buy books on monolgues, acting scenes, books that tell what agents are looking for actors, books that tell you what different acting agencies are like, books that list production companies etc. etc. There is one place that is really cool for that. They are called:
Samuel French Theater and Film Book Store.
11963 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 762-0535
http://www.samuelfrench.com
These are thingsyou can do that will help you greatly as an actor in Los Angeles, CA.
As far as film production work, the only thing you can really do for that is go to schools like AFI (American Film Institute) to study film production.
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