Camila Duarte
7 Jan 2026
238 views
Plenty of advice about what to do. Less about the mistakes worth avoiding. What did you waste time or money on?
Getting Started
What should I NOT do in my first year?
6 replies
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Marguerite Sowande
7 Jan 2026
Paid casting director workshops where the pitch is access rather than teaching. I spent about 1200 on those and got nothing but a lot of business cards.
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Yvette Brossard
8 Jan 2026
Do not redo your headshots four times in one year chasing a version of yourself that does not exist. Once, properly, then leave it.
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Sam Oyelaran
9 Jan 2026
Do not sign with the first person who offers, especially if they found you. Good representation is not usually looking for people with no credits.
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Nathan Ostrowski
11 Jan 2026
Do not quit your job the week you book something. The gap after the first booking is longer than anybody warns you.
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Paul Etherington
12 Jan 2026
Do not spend the first year only preparing. I know people who trained for three years and never submitted for anything because they never felt ready.
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Miles Petrakis
15 Jan 2026
And do not compare your year one to somebody else's year six, which is what every social feed is going to invite you to do.
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