IN MY OPINION:
WILLIAM REYNOLDS:
Why many actors don't make it.> Part two!
There’s a spark behind most aspiring actors eyes when they talk about their love for acting. They feel free, it’s the one thing they never get bored of, they love delving into other people’s lives etc… If a career could survive on love alone almost all actors would have made it by now. Of course we know that’s not how it works.
I often find there’s an idea of the love for it, but when it gets down to the nitty gritty of actually making an acting career happen, this is where the problems start to surface for those not well equipped to turn their love into a career.
Finding the craft too difficult
I don’t know why but there’s an expectation among some actors (not all) that acting is going to be easy and anyone can do it. Remember those kids who took drama at school as a cop out?
I do believe that anyone can learn to act, but it takes a certain type of person to go through the process of learning and developing to a professional standard.
When you’re being trained properly on a professional level, a level that’s going to help you face and overcome the hundreds of obstacles placed in your way when on set or stage, learning the craft of acting is not easy.
Acting is not a paint by numbers method