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Old 05-24-2006, 05:02 PM   #1
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hi everyone, i am a 22 yr old actress from san antonio tx and i am moving to LA this dec. i am visiting in aug . . . if anyone has any advice on which acting schools are worthwhile, film festival information, anything really i am also a script writer but not a lot of experience i basically dont want to be clueless once i get there and am going with the intention of working really hard everyday on "the craft". thanks for taking the time to read this! God Bless-
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I am asking myself the same Things as you do .. but my Problem is, that i am moving from Europe to LA .. thought about studying at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Santa Monica ..
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hi everyone, i am a 22 yr old actress from san antonio tx and i am moving to LA this dec. i am visiting in aug . . . if anyone has any advice on which acting schools are worthwhile, film festival information, anything really i am also a script writer but not a lot of experience i basically dont want to be clueless once i get there and am going with the intention of working really hard everyday on "the craft". thanks for taking the time to read this! God Bless-
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your so lucky to be moving to LA! i'd love to move there!
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Hi Alex. I just moved here 6 months ago and joined the Actor Factor. It's pretty cool there. The coaches are X agents and already have given me a lot of information and I haven't even started yet.
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well i m not much into acting yet, i will be moving to LA someitme next year and am also planning on doing a course in lee strasberg institute. well i m of an indian descent in nepal
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I live in LA and for someone to "want" to move here...think twice. It is hell. seriously. Don't think for a second the traffic wont bother you. And the crime? lol. You have no idea. Even the best neighborhoods have "vagrants" walking around. In addition, the city is ugly as sin, its just strip mall after strip mall after strip mall...basically, you drive an hour to get everywhere and then when you do get there, no place to park. When you finally find a place to park its like 25 cents for 6 minutes. I guess you'll have to come here to experience the hell this place is....its not what it was back in the 80's and 70's when it was Sunkist and cool Hollywood, and Juicy Fruit and blond girls and blue eyes....its disgusting. Trust me. ask around.
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I live in LA and for someone to "want" to move here...think twice. It is hell. seriously. Don't think for a second the traffic wont bother you. And the crime? lol. You have no idea. Even the best neighborhoods have "vagrants" walking around. In addition, the city is ugly as sin, its just strip mall after strip mall after strip mall...basically, you drive an hour to get everywhere and then when you do get there, no place to park. When you finally find a place to park its like 25 cents for 6 minutes. I guess you'll have to come here to experience the hell this place is....its not what it was back in the 80's and 70's when it was Sunkist and cool Hollywood, and Juicy Fruit and blond girls and blue eyes....its disgusting. Trust me. ask around.
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well considering i want to do acting i think i will definately have to sacrifice an easy life. but well its nice to know that your from LA could you give me your contact so we can be in touch. but anyways what kinda crimes are common there? i know that it isnt easy there.
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Given you are of Nepalese origin, the "Street-Sharks" will recognize you as a "fresh-blood target"... Your Indigo aura will give you away, as being pure-blood human.. and a tasty meal.. and they will all want a piece of you.. but they offer nothing but skillfully sly empty-words from an empty black hungry soul... Deliciously pretty on the outside, but like "ghost buster's slimmer" on the inside... Watch their eyes as they approach from the side... Notice them brushing back their hair, once, and swiping their drool with thumb and index, and them quick scanning themselves from toes to head in a flash.. as they move in "for the kill".. in their insatiable quest for "new fresh meat"... Notice them scanning your crotch every time you aren't looking into their eyes.. that's the give away... Imagine in front of every door, is a school of extremely polite frenzied sharks, desperately longing for the taste of fresh blood...

Just say, as you confidently proudly touch your crotch.. "Did I see you glaring at this?" if you dare... Then you'll hear them try to concoct a smoke-screen a pile of lies in to trying to wiggle out of being caught being bad... Careful to not insult the sharks.. they are an integral part of the entertainment industry's "food chain"... They do know the ropes.. but they do not have your success in mind... They are the losers who fell prey to the Sharks, hellbent on making more losers like themselves... Fall prey to them, and you can kiss your acting carrier and innocence bye bye... Play them for what they can do for you, if you must... but be cautious as you would if a meandering grizzly bear were approaching you in the forest...

If I were an innocent young fox stepping off the tour bus in LA.. I would view all hovering sharks as a extremely horny Eddie Murphy's, on the hunt fer kunt... (no offense Eddy.. you the Man...)

First thing to do in LA, is find a place... Next thing to do, is take a notepad and pen, and ride as many buses as you can in three hours... Ride each bus its full route, and take notes... It'll give you a good feel for what LA is... If you drive, never pickup a hitch hiker... Leave the elite nightlife alone till you are a success.. It's just a feeding frenzie... It can consume you, like a bear eats a ripe berry... Or, you can devour the grizzly bear.. if you've got the moxy... All depends how you see yourself in the food chain... Act like food, you are food... Act like absolute love and reality, and you could even walk up to a real grizzly bear, in the night, like I did on a camping trip, and sat eight feet from her, after I bowed and said "greetings your majesty"...

Read a few books, written by those who failed to make it in LA.. while reading a few books by those who did make it... The losers and the winners all have something to say... Read basic stuff by the real kings: Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise.. (if they wrote and published their basics)... and should you ever get the opportunity to share a soul to soul com with a great actor.. Take It... I may happen in a two minute hug.. just relax will the tsunami of strange forces and power filling you up at your solar plexus.. Your chest and shoulders might even feel a sudden increased heat.. don't fear the new.. and don't move any negative moves during the moment... Don't fear the extreme current... Fear is the loser maker...

I've heard it said that giving sex is the ticket to an actresses success...
I bet that is 50% true, in half the cases... It depends on what scenario you have allowed you to get into... There are good folks leading your trade.. and there are hungry sharks doing the same thing... What you get yourself into is what you to... Your signals is what determines how it's to go... If you don't want things to go that way, then create a rift of signals that says it like it is... and know what signals you are shinning.. is your first step in being an actor...
Always know what you are, and always know what you are doing... Learn to take control.. and learn to give control.. always in control of their control... or you'll get caught in an "avalanche"...
There are as many who want to destroy you, as there are who want to make you a success... Know who you are dealing with... study them before you meet them... and should you meet someone you know nothing about.. and they are getting too close too fast, ask for links to read their webpages and books... Know thine enemy, as well a you know thine friend...

In your case, seek out the Nepalese culture in LA.. restaurants, bookstores, shops... They are your family when in LA... They only want good for you...
After all, the Nepalese People are the human race's royal bloods... Being Nepalese.. you are already a success... all you've got to do now is show them you are here in their playground.. and what you can do to make them look good, and be proud of you, and make them lots of quick money...

Or ignore all I wrote, and just dive right into it with absolute royal confidence that you always do the best right-thing first-time every-time...

And all that is just the first hour in LA... What you do in the second hour is totally up to you...

Thing is.. seek out a soul to soul embrace from one who is extremely cosmically advanced... That will make you a success faster than you can say "I made it"... All the young ladies I did a soul to soul with became extreme successes in the American entertainment industry, within a year after we shared our soul to soul hug, and I don't have anything to do with the entertainment industry... A soul to soul transfers all what I know to her spirit.. and I've been places, seen things, and done things that no other has even dreamed of...

Most Crucial, Numero uno pre-requisite for success, is to eliminate ones fear of the dark... I have a formula for that too.. I write the books that obsolete the great books...


It has been an honor assisting you in your delicious tomorrow, your majesty...

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Given you are of Nepalese origin, the "Street-Sharks" will recognize you as a "fresh-blood target"... Your Indigo aura will give you away, as being pure-blood human.. and a tasty meal.. and they will all want a piece of you.. but they offer nothing but skillfully sly empty-words from an empty black hungry soul... Deliciously pretty on the outside, but like "ghost buster's slimmer" on the inside... Watch their eyes as they approach from the side... Notice them brushing back their hair, once, and swiping their drool with thumb and index, and them quick scanning themselves from toes to head in a flash.. as they move in "for the kill".. in their insatiable quest for "new fresh meat"... Notice them scanning your crotch every time you aren't looking into their eyes.. that's the give away... Imagine in front of every door, is a school of extremely polite frenzied sharks, desperately longing for the taste of fresh blood...

Just say, as you confidently proudly touch your crotch.. "Did I see you glaring at this?" if you dare... Then you'll hear them try to concoct a smoke-screen pile of lies in trying to wriggle out of being caught being bad... Careful to not insult the sharks.. they are an integral part of the entertainment industry's "food chain"... They do know the ropes.. but they do not have your success in mind... *They are starving for sex and money exploites, and will try to mold you to their needs... They are the losers who fell prey to the Sharks, hellbent on making more losers like themselves... Fall prey to them, and you can kiss your acting carrier and innocence, and life, bye bye... Play them for what they can do for you, if you must... but be cautious as you would if a meandering grizzly bear were approaching you in the forest...

If I were an innocent young fox stepping off the tour bus in LA.. I would view all hovering sharks as a extremely horny Eddie Murphy's, on the hunt fer warm pink meat... (no offense Eddy.. you the Man...)

First thing to do in LA, is find a place... Next thing to do, is take a notepad and pen, and ride as many buses as you can in three hours... Ride each bus its full route, and take notes... It'll give you a good feel for what LA is... If you drive, never pickup a hitch hiker... Leave the elite nightlife alone till you are a success.. It's just a feeding frenzie... It can consume you, like a bear eats a ripe berry... Or, you can devour the grizzly bear.. if you've got the moxy... All depends how you see yourself in the food chain... Act like food, you are food... Act like absolute love and reality, and you could even walk up to a real grizzly bear, in the night, like I did on a camping trip, and sat eight feet from her, after I bowed and said "greetings your majesty"...

Read a few books, written by those who failed to make it in LA.. while reading a few books by those who did make it... The losers and the winners all have something to say... Read basic stuff by the real kings: Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise.. (if they wrote and published their basics)... and should you ever get the opportunity to share a soul to soul com with a great actor.. Take It... I may happen in a two minute hug.. just relax will the tsunami of strange forces and power filling you up at your solar plexus.. Your chest and shoulders might even feel a sudden increased heat.. don't fear the new.. and don't move any negative moves during the moment... Don't fear the extreme current... Fear is the loser maker...

I've heard it said that giving sex is the ticket to an actresses success...
I bet that is 50% true, in half the cases... It depends on what scenario you have allowed you to get into... There are good folks leading your trade.. and there are hungry sharks doing the same thing... What you get yourself into is what you to... Your signals is what determines how it's to go... If you don't want things to go that way, then create a rift of signals that says it like it is... and know what signals you are shinning.. is your first step in being an actor...
Always know what you are, and always know what you are doing... Learn to take control.. and learn to give control.. always in control of their control... or you'll get caught in an "avalanche"...
There are as many who want to destroy you, as there are who want to make you a success... Know who you are dealing with... study them before you meet them... and should you meet someone you know nothing about.. and they are getting too close too fast, ask for links to read their webpages and books... Know thine enemy, as well a you know thine friend...

In your case, seek out the Nepalese culture in LA.. restaurants, bookstores, shops... They are your family when in LA... They only want good for you...
After all, the Nepalese People are the human race's royal bloods... Being Nepalese.. you are already a success... all you've got to do now is show them you are here in their playground.. and what you can do to make them look good, and be proud of you, and make them lots of quick money...

Or ignore all I wrote, and just dive right into it with absolute royal confidence that you always do the best right-thing first-time every-time...

And all that is just the first hour in LA... What you do in the second hour is totally up to you...

Thing is.. seek out a soul to soul embrace from one who is extremely cosmically advanced... That will make you a success faster than you can say "I made it"... All the young ladies I did a soul to soul with became extreme successes in the American entertainment industry, within a year after we shared our soul to soul hug, and I don't have anything to do with the entertainment industry... A soul to soul transfers all what I know to her spirit.. and I've been places, seen things, and done things that no other has even dreamed of...

Most Crucial, Numero uno pre-requisite for success, is to eliminate ones fear of the dark... I have a formula for that too.. I write the books that obsolete the great books...


It has been an honor assisting you in your delicious tomorrow, your majesty...

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Given you are of Nepalese origin, the "Street-Sharks" will recognize you as a "fresh-blood target"... Your Indigo aura will give you away, as being pure-blood human.. and a tasty meal.. and they will all want a piece of you.. but they offer nothing but skillfully sly empty-words from an empty black hungry soul... Deliciously pretty on the outside, but like "ghost buster's slimmer" on the inside... Watch their eyes as they approach from the side... Notice them brushing back their hair, once, and swiping their drool with thumb and index, and them quick scanning themselves from toes to head in a flash.. as they move in "for the kill".. in their insatiable quest for "new fresh meat"... Notice them scanning your crotch every time you aren't looking into their eyes.. that's the give away... Imagine in front of every door, is a school of extremely polite frenzied sharks, desperately longing for the taste of fresh blood...

Just say, as you confidently proudly touch your crotch.. "Did I see you glaring at this?" if you dare... Then you'll hear them try to concoct a smoke-screen pile of lies in trying to wriggle out of being caught being bad... Careful to not insult the sharks.. they are an integral part of the entertainment industry's "food chain"... They do know the ropes.. but they do not have your success in mind... *They are starving for sex and money exploites, and will try to mold you to their needs... They are the losers who fell prey to the Sharks, hellbent on making more losers like themselves... Fall prey to them, and you can kiss your acting carrier and innocence, and life, bye bye... Play them for what they can do for you, if you must... but be cautious as you would if a meandering grizzly bear were approaching you in the forest...

If I were an innocent young fox stepping off the tour bus in LA.. I would view all hovering sharks as a extremely horny Eddie Murphy's, on the hunt fer warm pink meat... (no offense Eddy.. you the Man...)

First thing to do in LA, is find a place... Next thing to do, is take a notepad and pen, and ride as many buses as you can in three hours... Ride each bus its full route, and take notes... It'll give you a good feel for what LA is... If you drive, never pickup a hitch hiker... Leave the elite nightlife alone till you are a success.. It's just a feeding frenzie... It can consume you, like a bear eats a ripe berry... Or, you can devour the grizzly bear.. if you've got the moxy... All depends how you see yourself in the food chain... Act like food, you are food... Act like absolute love and reality, and you could even walk up to a real grizzly bear, in the night, like I did on a camping trip, and sat eight feet from her, after I bowed and said "greetings your majesty"...

Read a few books, written by those who failed to make it in LA.. while reading a few books by those who did make it... The losers and the winners all have something to say... Read basic stuff by the real kings: Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise.. (if they wrote and published their basics)... and should you ever get the opportunity to share a soul to soul com with a great actor.. Take It... I may happen in a two minute hug.. just relax will the tsunami of strange forces and power filling you up at your solar plexus.. Your chest and shoulders might even feel a sudden increased heat.. don't fear the new.. and don't move any negative moves during the moment... Don't fear the extreme current... Fear is the loser maker...

I've heard it said that giving sex is the ticket to an actresses success...
I bet that is 50% true, in half the cases... It depends on what scenario you have allowed you to get into... There are good folks leading your trade.. and there are hungry sharks doing the same thing... What you get yourself into is what you to... Your signals is what determines how it's to go... If you don't want things to go that way, then create a rift of signals that says it like it is... and know what signals you are shinning.. is your first step in being an actor...
Always know what you are, and always know what you are doing... Learn to take control.. and learn to give control.. always in control of their control... or you'll get caught in an "avalanche"...
There are as many who want to destroy you, as there are who want to make you a success... Know who you are dealing with... study them before you meet them... and should you meet someone you know nothing about.. and they are getting too close too fast, ask for links to read their webpages and books... Know thine enemy, as well a you know thine friend...

In your case, seek out the Nepalese culture in LA.. restaurants, bookstores, shops... They are your family when in LA... They only want good for you...
After all, the Nepalese People are the human race's royal bloods... Being Nepalese.. you are already a success... all you've got to do now is show them you are here in their playground.. and what you can do to make them look good, and be proud of you, and make them lots of quick money...

Or ignore all I wrote, and just dive right into it with absolute royal confidence that you always do the best right-thing first-time every-time...

And all that is just the first hour in LA... What you do in the second hour is totally up to you...

Thing is.. seek out a soul to soul embrace from one who is extremely cosmically advanced... That will make you a success faster than you can say "I made it"... All the young ladies I did a soul to soul with became extreme successes in the American entertainment industry, within a year after we shared our soul to soul hug, and I don't have anything to do with the entertainment industry... A soul to soul transfers all what I know to her spirit.. and I've been places, seen things, and done things that no other has even dreamed of...

Most Crucial, Numero uno pre-requisite for success, is to eliminate ones fear of the dark... I have a formula for that too.. I write the books that obsolete the great books...


It has been an honor assisting you in your delicious tomorrow, your majesty...
Hi man,

wazzup? thankx for you lengthy and humourously helpful post. i would just like to make a few correction on your knowledge about me lmao that i am not a nepalese but an indian, its only that i have the nepalese passport. and te culture i embrace more like many other indians is that of the west. so in short western culture is what i am more famoiliar to other than the indian culture which most kids of today dont practice much ( but i still do respct it) so the restaurants bit and all shouldnt be a problem and english sholdnt be a problem at all there as i am excellent at english when it comes to my country ( sorry didnt mean to boast ) so yeah but still man your post was awesomely written and really knowledgable. to be honest at start i was a lil syked but well only after that i did realize what you meant. well i would say keep in touch and good bye from now
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