how do i get "disscovered"
By julian1179
@julian1179 (41)
United States
August 30, 2008 3:10pm CST
Ihave a lot of talents, such as, gimnastics, im great at acting (my best taltent), and i can do many "wierd" things, but i'm wondering how do i get found out? My parents don't wanna take me to an acting school but i really want to act, i love acting, i would die if i didn't act.
the reason i know i have the potential to become an actor is, i can cry (whenevr i want), i can memorize the script, and i literaly "get into caracter" when im on stage (in school, my house, etc.) i just belive that i'm the person that im acting to be, iforget my name, i just know that im the caracter im acting.
the problem is, i live in mexico! and my parents won't take me to any sort of acting school where most famous actors are "disscovered" so i have no idea how to at least be on even a comercial, i would love to come out on T.V. or even in the movies, but i wont ever have that chance if i'm not "disscovered"
If you have any ideas on how i could get disscovered
in mexico, i will love you and remember you always
and if i ever become famous, i'll mention you're
name (username). so please tell me how, thank you.
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4 responses
@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Hey future colleague. I am also going to be an actress. I am going to university right now and am going to declared my major as musical threatre. I find that it's really hard to get discovered just like that. Unless you make a video on youtube or whatever and get a bunch of friends to spread the word so many people will look at your video. But right now i'm just going to school and am going to take acting classes. After I graduate I would go to Broadway to see if I get a role and if not then I'll just look around for other roles out there. In NYC actors area able to act in Broadway and stuff but if you go to L.A there is always a movie being done that needs actors, or a show that needs extras. I don't live in Mexico so I wouldn't really tell you how to do it over there. But you could try on the internet to see what comes up. Or like I said make a video on Youtube.
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@julian1179 (41)
• United States
30 Aug 08
i would put a video on youtube, but i have no fliping idea of how,lol if you could explain, i would really apreciate that, oh and
what do u think about me putting a picture of me acting or ddoing a backflip on my profile photo?
@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
30 Aug 08
You know what I really have no idea either how to put a video on youtube. But I've seen so many people get famous because of that so that's why I said that. And you should put a picture of yourself. I'm going to add you as friend so that if you do put the pictuer up I could see it and comment on it.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
30 Aug 08
Well the first thing you need to do is get out from behind that computer! lol. The only way to be "discovered" is to put yourself in front of as many industry people as you possibly can. And the only way to get in front of them is to network, network, network! Another alternative is to get yourself an agent; but be very careful in finding one as there are many of them out there that are not very honest and will charge you upfront money to put together a portfolio or something similar. Any agent that is a good agent and BELIEVES in you will NOT charge you an upfront fee to be on their books. So please keep this in mind. Good luck!
@julian1179 (41)
• United States
30 Aug 08
lol yah but to tell you the truth im only 13 years old i said i was older to get an account, lol.
thats y i said to go to acting school, and school plays, lol.
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@thesongwriter (143)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
30 Aug 08
That's why i think joining a forum dedicated to actors can be a start, you see the persons in the songwriting forum I'm apart of will usually tell you who are some of the persons/companies to avoid. they will also tell you about bad experience they had, and so you learn how to avoid their mistakes. i don't know much about acting but if you can get yourself in a good forum it may help you to learn from others, also a lot of persons in these forums are not afraid to call names, they will point blankly call the names of agents you should stay away from.
@thesongwriter (143)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
30 Aug 08
take part in as many school play as possible, that will help to develop your acting skills, you should also continue with gymnastic (who knows where that will take you).I'm sure there are some online acting forums you can join,you will/may not get discover there but you will be among persons who enjoy doing the same thing like you and that can be very motivating. I'm a songwriter and being apart of a songwriting forum has been one of the best decision I have ever made.
@julian1179 (41)
• United States
30 Aug 08
i'm also verry good at gimnastics, it took me 1 month to learn to ddo a flip in the air, and the back flip in the air when it took other people 5 years, thank you
@julian1179 (41)
• United States
30 Aug 08
i would but i have no idea of how, if you could explain to me i wouls eally apreciate it.
