Hi dreamer guys...!!! ;) I'm from Italy... I dream to become an ACTOR in Hollywood..! - Actors Forum is the Community to Talk, Learn and Study Acting.

karmaysmael · 02-23-2007, 04:29 PM

...what do you think about these our "dreams"..??

They will remain forever DREAMS or today it's possible for us too realizing this dream..!?

I think that if we really BELIEVE in it...

...maybe one day we'll can to receive some GOLDEN GLOBE,OSCAR...

I'm 28,
and after University (Law Degree,Naples,2003) i felt this too much strong passion for finding out of my self the strongest emotions that opprime my soul...

Exscuse me for my English,i hope it's not so bad..!

Infact,i'd like to learn very very very good English lenguage and its American slangs...

Then,i'd like to move to California,LA,Hollywood...

But...

What i have to do for first?

Find a Manager...

Find an Agent...

Try castings...

Go party...

Try to enter in the "biz" knowing important people...

...what do you think about my/our first thing to do..??

Thanks so much...

Embrace you...

PS:For this my first day into this FORUM...
...PIZZA FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ysmael

Billy1970 · 02-24-2007, 02:25 PM

Hello and welcome to the boards!

As for what you have to do first...learn to act. Acting as a professional occupation is just like being an attorney (I used that because you said you have a law degree.) Saying you want to be a successful actor in Hollywood is very much like saying you want to be a successful partner at the best law firm in Italy.

'Believing' that you're going to be a partner at the best law firm is a good start, but you need to put the work in to get there or it's just not going to happen. As such, to be a successful partner at a prestigious law firm, you first have to learn to be an attorney, then you have to get practical, real world litigation experience and after a few years of proving yourself, you'll 'make it'.

Same thing holds true for acting, no 'dreaming' required. Hope this helps and Best of Luck!

karmaysmael · 02-24-2007, 03:34 PM

Ehm...

Exscuse me Billy,but...

I thought that wasn't important to descrive my "curriculum"...

...because this is an "actorsforum"...

With "Law Degree" on 2003 i wanted only say that my passion far ACTING was so STRONG that i leaved "Law Firms"...

Infact...

From September 2003 to August 2006...

...i studied ACTING in Theatre...

...with "Method":

Stanislavskji/Strasberg...

I worked for 3 years in the Theatres...

Shakespeare too,Don Juan...

I repeat...

My first problem i think is the LENGUAGE...

...then to learn what are the FIRST THINGS to do as soon as i'll go to LA...

Manager,Agent,Parties,Productions,Castings,English/American Teachers...

Ysmael

Billy1970 · 02-24-2007, 11:58 PM

Sorry mate,

I was using the attorney thing as an analogia for acting. Non ho realizzato che già avete studiato comportarsi.

spiacente se questa traduzione è buono...

una volta che ottenete qui all'audizione tutto il tempo e continuate a studiare

vi occorrerà circa otto - dieci anni per convincere abbastanza esperienza per funzionare spesso

anche se trovate un agente o un responsabile probabilmente state andando dovere trovare il vostro proprio lavoro inizialmente perché quei buoni vi non avranno tempo per

Ho un libro che libero potete leggere sullo scatto giusto agente il mio collegamento sotto la mia firma se desiderate conoscere più

sto utilizzando un traduttore di fotoricettore per fare questo così soddisfo non rispondo in italiano

speri che questo sia comprensibile e li aiuti buona fortuna

That Italian is pretty bad I think...best I could do *shrug*

Russjns · 03-05-2007, 07:47 PM

I completely agree with Billy. The first thing you have to do, even if you have training, in my opinion, is to find a reputable school in LA. This will keep your craft honed, and you will meet other strong actors who you can network with.

Another valuable thing to do, if you haven't already, is get with a dialect coach and lose your accent (if you have one). You'll find work much more available to you with an American accent, and then it will be just a great bonus to have your natural accent for the other pertinent roles.

Other advice:
Get really good headshots (before you submit to an agency)
Submit to a franchised agency (and a manager, if you must, it will be another 15% of your income, though)
Do plays, act, perform, whenever and wherever you can
Try to get into the unions: SAG and AFTRA (it's hard to get paid work if you aren't in the union)
And give yourself 10 years. Maybe longer, hopefully not as long, but it takes a LOOOOONG time to establish yourself with a career that earns you enough money to quit your day job. In my case, it was about 8. I was lucky.

And good luck! Hope it works out!

Malka · 03-16-2007, 03:13 PM

Hi, great for you that your expectations are set so high. Not to come across cold or anything, but I must point out that around 1 out of every 2 million people win Oscars. And still not intending to come across cold, going to Hollywood's going to lessen your chances of becoming an actor, because 7/10 actors move there in hope of sitting at a juice fountain, a director coming up to them and saying: "Hey kid! Wanna' be Hollywood's next big star?" But I really do hope you make it big, just as all the rest of us do.