What is the likelyhood of me obtaining a successful acting career?

[Jazza]

I reckon that there are some people out there who can have over a 10% chance of becoming a superstar if they gave it there all because they are so talented. But I don't know you, so who knows, but like everyone else has said, what have you got to lose?

[ShawnHoo]

Making $500K in a few years? I'd say your odds are 50,000 to 1 against.

Making a good living ($50-100K) as a character actor or someone who acts in commercials? Probably closer to 5,000 to 1.

Both estimates assume that you will devote the time and money necessary to make your dream possible.

(I've taken acting classes in LA for 3 years and know hundreds of struggling thespians out here.)

[Jazza]

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Think about what you're going to actually be doing: lying for a living. now think about a place built around people wanting to be professional liars and failing at it.

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Irony at its finest.

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acting's a hard way to make an easy living

[shant]

No offense to you or your handsomness or acting ability but we have enough bartenders and waiters here already.

[jakethebake]

What is the liklihood anyone will read your entire post?

[Niwa]

Are you still here?
If you want to become an actor so bad go do it!

[The Yugoslavian]

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(I've taken acting classes in LA for 3 years and know hundreds of struggling thespians out here.)

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This explains a lot!

You were just *acting* like you knew how to play poker, [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img].

Sup bro?

Yugoslav

[Dominic]

okay,I assume you want brutal honesty,right? Here it goes:

I've been in the film industry for over 20 years - as a producer, writer, director and editor....and to all you smart azzes out there, YES, in the legitimate side of the business aswell as the adult. I live in L.A. I have plenty of friends who are actors. My girfriend is an actress (no - NOT a porno actress, dammit1!)

If you want to be an actor, it's simple: you have to want it more than anything else in the world. If you do, you just might beat the odds and become:

a woefully underemployed but sometimes working actor. Becoming a successful actor is like hitting the lottery - it really doesn't matter how good you are (although having talent helps), it comes down to a lot of luck and who you know.

First off, you HAVE to move to L.A. Or, if you want to be a stage actor - New York.

Second, you MUST study and do nothing but figure out ways to advance your career. So many people come to L.A. wanting to be an actor or a writer or a director and they get side-tracked by the parties, the clubs, the girls, etc.

Before they know it - 10 years have gone by and they're still looking for their first break.

My advice to you is to give up this dream - there is 99.99% chance that it will end in heartbreak for you. If all you'redreaming of is fame and fortune, you do not have what it takes. A real actor will keep acting - local theater, etc. - even though he no longer has any dreams of making it big. Simply because he MUST act.

However, if it really IS your dream - if you MUST act - you will ignore this advice and go after it anyway.

THAT'S the kind of dedication you need to become a working actor. And believe me - that's all you can realistically hope for - to be a nameless, working actor. Anything on top of that is pure luck.

And it is my experience that anyone who comes out to L.A. to act, direct, write, whatever....if they have something to fall back on? They invariable will.

To succeed in this town you MUST take the leap and jump into the abyss. It's the only way. If you have a career as an accountant waiting for you back in Podunk, you won't have the drive and ambition necessary to succeed here. And you WILL end up back in Podunk, doing tax returns.

[JaBlue]

thsi is a joke

right?

[ceyoung]

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I was born with a very handsome face. I am currently overweight,

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just like the fat girl with the "pretty face", right?