Do you sometimes privately dream of being an actor on TV shows or in movies?  

Have you wanted to just give it a shot but somehow things just keep getting in the way? Like family… school… your job… money… kids?

I ask because I constantly hear actors say they wish they had started sooner. And some of them put off their dream for so long that by the time they decide to give it a shot, they then feel like it’s too late to start so they put it off again… and maybe for good… or maybe not. Maybe they call me three years later ready to start… or ready to REALLY this time get serious about being an actor.

I’ve found that when you have that dream in your heart — whether you’ve never pursued it or you tried it for a while and stopped before you were ready — that one day, sooner or later, you’ll give into it and say… “I gotta try it.” Or “I’ve gotta to try it again… one last time…”

How do I know? Because hundreds of my actor clients have done exactly this. And their only regret is that they wish they had stuck with it before, returned sooner, or simply given themselves that chance much earlier… instead of procrastinating.

And they’re the lucky ones.

You see, many people who have this dream never give themselves a chance at all. They just carry their dream around with them and romanticize about what might have happened if they had given themselves a chance… just to see what could happen. 

Now I’m not saying it’s easy. I’m not even saying you’ll be successful.  But why do people regret in such a heart-felt way that they never gave themselves a chance at an acting career? The reason they regret it is because it’s a desire of the heart. It doesn’t make sense. It’s very challenging. But if that desire is in your heart, you gotta give yourself that chance.

At one point, I thought I wanted to be an actor. In fact, I did it for SEVEN YEARS! I was a member of SAG. I studied intensively, did some small projects and auditioned for TV series, commercials and films. I had a blast! But there came a time when I was done… and I knew I was done… and I never looked back. I love working with actors a lot more than being an actor.

But my guess is that that is not the case for you if you’re reading this. If you’ve read this far, then my guess is that your heart’s desire is to at least give yourself that chance!

If you’re brand new, you might be thinking… “I don’t know where to begin.” 

Or maybe you’ve done a couple of steps but are stuck as to what to do next. 

Or maybe you were an actor before and coming back and everything is so different you don’t know where to start.

It can all be confusing and overwhelming.  Like should I take classes first and for how long? Get my headshots? Make a demo reel? What is a demo reel?  All of that. Not to mention you hear a hundred different opinions on the answers to these questions, so where should you start?