๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐
You ready for this one?
As much as you want to think you are โdoing something wrongโ in your acting career, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต.
Thatโs not to say there ISNโT room to grow and learn and make choices that yield better resultsโฆ
But that overwhelming thought that creeps in late at nightโฆ the one that is extra loud when you find out the new girl in acting class just booked a TOS guest star role and youโve lived in LA 5 years longer than her? The thought that makes you think: something is wrong with me? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ. And an annoying one.
For the sake of this argument, letโs compare acting with losing weight.
What do you have to do to lose weight?
Eat healthy food and exercise, of course.
Are there contraptions and pills and programs and coaches to help you lose that weight? Sure.
But eating healthy and exercising will also do the job. Itโs pretty much guaranteed.
But youโre not going to see results unless you ACTUALLY eat healthy and ACTUALLY exercise.
And for most, this is why people donโt ultimately meet the goals they wish to meet.
๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐.
Are you spending time updating your website, networking, perfecting your slate shot, updating your newsletter but NOT spending those hours training and becoming the BEST actor you possibly can be?
Well then youโre probably taking the โdiet pillโ and not actually going on the diet.
See what we did there?
You are not doing anything ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. Itโs about figuring out how and where to spend your focus and energy.
Feeling stuck? Train more. Figure what works ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
Chances are one of those two things could be improved and that does not mean the industry is against you (actors: please, please read that again ๐ when you are feeling discouraged)
Instead of thinking youโre doing something wrong, ask yourself which area needs your attention mostโand focus more on ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต.
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