Acting Profile

Celebrities that are famous in the UK can literally go for five years without getting even one line in a film in Hollywood, but still they chase after their dreams leaving their UK lives at home. Even if a well known celebrity in the UK doesn’t get work in Hollywood for several years they won’t admit defeat and return home. Most of them keep fighting for a chance, a break that will guarantee them the success they want in Hollywood. If you get old in Hollywood you have no chance of getting work there as veteran TV writer Larry Gelbart said in a recent interview, “The only way to beat ageism in Hollywood is to die young.” Yet people are still trying to break into the industry in Hollywood where only the elite survive and have a lasting career. Even if you are lucky enough to break into the industry you will probably end your career with depression, relationship break down, addiction or some other type of concern. It’s a tough world out there and only the very best make it and sometimes even the very best never even get close. It begs the question why people want to make it in Hollywood? It’s a place where you will be out of work more than you are in work and in todays credit crunch society you might find yourself sleeping on a bench somewhere.

Yet there are still so many people out there who consider it easy to get into the acting world. Getting recognised can take a very long time if it happens at all. I guess what you have to ask yourself is do you really want to make it in Hollywood or do you want to make it as an actor? If it is the latter then there are many ways you could be successful. If you really want to go for it you could set up your own theatre group and write your own plays. If it is your dream to make it then you have to go for it because you will never be happy doing anything else. However, think it through and think out of the box because even if nobody employs you as an actor you can always set up your own drama group or do amateur dramatics.