Nia Caldwell
12 May 2026
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Feels like a good thread for a forum to have.
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Things you wish somebody had told you at the start
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Nicole Trahan
12 May 2026
That the talent part is maybe a fifth of it, and the other four fifths are stamina, admin and being someone people want on a set at 5am.
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Delphine Aubert
14 May 2026
That almost nobody is doing as well as they appear to be doing.
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Nathan Ostrowski
14 May 2026
That the career does not go up. It goes up, sideways, down, sideways, up. Nobody draws that graph for you.
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Robert Nakashima
16 May 2026
That you will spend more time on your materials, your taxes and your parking than on acting, and that this is not a sign of failure.
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Gregor Malinowski
17 May 2026
That being kind to the people below you costs nothing and is the entire reason I still work. The PA on my first job runs a casting office now.
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Imogen Fairbairn
19 May 2026
That it is allowed to be enjoyable. I spent five years treating it like penance.
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