How do I start a career without experience?

How can 21 year old guy start his acting career with no experience?

• Hi everyone I'm Mario, I'm 21 years old, I have problem I don't have any acting experience, but I know I don't know where to start. My question how can 21 year old ...show more

• Answer:

  Hey Mario - The short answer is that you don't start a career at all with no experience - but you can start training with a view to considering acting as a career. I don't understand what you mean by 'what's pay' - if you mean what do you have to pay, the answer is a lot in fees for acting classes - over a few years that adds up to a large amount. If you mean what pay do you get - the answer is as a beginner - nothing at all. After you've trained and gained loads of experience, the pay is almost always extremely low. Almost all actors have to work long hours at an ordinary job alongside acting just to afford to pay their rent and food. Very few actors ever earn enough to live on - that's a rarity. Basically, to make a start as an actor, you'd need to - 1) Have loads of natural talent. 2) Get a few years of training at a good acting school, going from the basic classes to advanced ones. 3) Get experience in a wide range of stage plays and shows. 4) Learn to sing and dance if possible. 5) Train for a good ordinary job as well, one you can work free-lance, as you’ll need it. Almost all actors work at least one other job just to survive. 6) Ideally study Drama at degree-level at drama school or university. 7) After all the above, try to find an agent who will accept you. 8) When you get an agent, which is how you find auditions, try to win a few auditions out of the hundreds you'll have to apply for. Just bear in mind that all that hard work isn't enough - you also need huge talent, dedication, determination, resilience and luck. And sadly, the best that almost all actors will ever get is 2 or 3 weeks paid acting work a year - that's the average - and will never get more than a few minor roles in small productions. Watch any movie, and count the number of actors in the cast list at the end which you hardly noticed - 'fifth bad guy', 'blonde prostitute', 'cop with ladder' and so on - they all imagined themselves up there at the top, but for the vast majority, that's as good as it gets. Good luck!