Although I counseled you (above) not to go to college if you are not ready—and I still mean it—there’s something else that I think it’s important for you to know, now that I see acting is one of your top ambitions.
I’m not informed about modeling, but I did spend much of my life in the theatre/arts, and I have to caution you that acting is a profession that takes tremendous intelligence, cultural understanding, and knowledge of literature. You don’t just stand up there and look good. You have to be able to understand different types of people, get inside their psyches, grasp where they are coming from (in their historical and social context, for example). The deeper and broader your education, and the wider your reading, the more tools you will have to draw upon as an actress. I also notice that your spelling and grammar are quite poor; these are things you should polish if you want to be taken seriously at auditions.
It has been said that an actor cannot play (and an author cannot create) a character more intelligent or learned than the actor or author. If you really aspire to make it in the world of acting, you will be extremely limited if you can only play high-school-educated characters.
Of course, many people have made it in acting without an advanced education—Hollywood in the ’30s was famous for snatching pretty girls off the street and turning them into starlets—but the profession has changed a lot. There’s a reason Jodie Foster, Sam Waterston, and Henry Winkler all went to Yale! Actors today are expected to know literature (including Shakespeare and other classical literature), theatre history, psychology, sociology, and a heck of a lot about the world. That is in ADDITION to what they learn in acting classes, at dance and movement studios, and through vocal coaching. Because a lot of work is done improvisationally, an actress must also be nimble of both mind and body. Most people straight out of high school would not even possess the vocabulary to grasp a lot of the material they would be working with as actors.
Try watching a few episodes of Law and Order and its spinoffs. I pick that series because, among acting folks, it’s known as one of the most prolific training grounds and sources of work for beginning to mid-level actors (and some stars, too, of course). How well do you understand the characters? Do you get the psychological nuances? Do you understand the cultural and societal references? Do you understand the historical and political context, the vocabulary?
Actors are NOT talking marionettes. They need to be able to internalize broad understandings to create credible characters. Also, it’s a tremendously competitive profession, so you want to have as many sharp tools as possible in your arsenal.
I wish you very much luck, Miss Beautiful, even if you do pursue this competitive and demanding career. (Being Miss Beautiful definitely HELPS!) You might want to rethink the importance of education in preparing for a life on the stage or screen, though.
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