Acting Career Start-Up

Start your acting career easily and quickly without wasting valuable time!

While out auditioning, going to classes and in general interaction with my fellow actors, I have run into many brand new to the industry, who are confused by all the information offered. I used to be one of them! There is so much information! Where do you start? And more importantly, who can you trust to give you good information that is really useful?

This blog was created by an actor, for actors new to 'the game' and will answer the questions you have and give you valuable advice on anything from how to start your acting career to how to prepare for an audition, from how to get the money for your classes to how to get an agent.

'Acting Career Start-Up' is here to answer those questions and more!

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Aug 31, 2010, coogan account

Are you looking for Disney auditions, Nickelodeon auditions, because you want to start your acting career? You might want to think about having your parents open a Coogan account for you! It's something that every child actor should have! Do you know what it is? If not, this page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com in this interview with LA Casting Director Gabrielle Evans will tell you all about it.

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Aug 23, 2010, every little step

Every Little Step is a reality/documentary movie about the casting process for the Broadway musical The Chorus Line. It is an excellent movie for new and aspiring actors to see to be able to understand what auditions for acting, singing and dancing are really like. Here on ActingCareerStartUp.com you can see a trailer and also where you can buy the movie itself.

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Aug 15, 2010, parents of young actors

This page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com offers kids some help in helping their parents to help them pursue their dreams of becoming an actor. In this part of an exclusive interview with Hollywood acting teacher and founder of the Young Actors Studio, Jeff Alan-Lee has some great advice for parents of young actors.

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Aug 9, 2010, The Worst Part Of Auditioning

One of the worst part of auditioning for actors is Rejection. But to persevere in this business, you must know how to deal with it. Here are some helpful tips on how to do that.

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Aug 9, 2010, casting director gabrielle evans

On this page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com, you will find an exclusive interview with LA Casting Director Gabrielle Evans, who talks about acting auditions, the casting process, actor head shots, acting resumes and in general what casting directors expect from actors during auditions.

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Jul 29, 2010, acting teacher elisa eliot

This page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com displays an exclusive video interview with acting teacher Elisa Eliot from her home in Los Angeles, California.

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Jul 24, 2010, elisa eliot

This is just part of an interview granted to ActingCareerStartUp.com by Hollywood acting teacher Elisa Eliot. In this part of the interview, she talks about how she got started acting and what it was like as a child actor, how her parents supported her, how she knew that acting was right for her and more.

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Jul 18, 2010, struggling actor

Many people say that if you want to start an acting career, that you will definitely at some time be a struggling actor. Have a look at this part of an exclusive interview for ActingCareerStartUp.com with Arrested Development star and actor Tony Hale.

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Jul 12, 2010, acting schools for teens

ActingCareerStartUp.com has saved you some time. You will find a list of acting schools for teens here on this page.

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Jul 12, 2010, acting auditions for teens

ActingCareerStartUp.com recognizes that it is not always easy to find acting auditions for teens. That's why we put together this page with links to 9 different pages with information about places where you can find them. And you will find other helpful tips and advice to help make your auditions a success!

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Jul 4, 2010, actor tony hale

This page contains an ActingCareerStartUp.com exclusive video interview with former Arrested Development star and actor Tony Hale.

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Jun 27, 2010, oprah winfrey show tickets

What's better than Oprah Winfrey Show Tickets? To me it is having a chance to audition for her! I want you to see the video of my audition, especially for you, the visitors to ActingCareerStartUp.com.

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Jun 27, 2010, acting vocabulary

There is a reason why ActingCareerStartUp.com is so highly spoken of. We do our best to meet every need you could possibly have with regard to starting an acting career. Here is the final part of acting vocabulary S - Z.

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Jun 27, 2010, acting terminology

It's important to know the most important acting terminology. You wouldn't want to get an acting job, have the director talk to you and not understand what he says... Would you?

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Jun 17, 2010, acting career mentoring

There's a lot to starting acting. An acting career mentoring class will help you focus more on your acting career by also helping you get your life in order so that you optimize your time and effort so you can have the kind of career you want. This page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com helps you understand what such a class can do for you.

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Jun 17, 2010, actress biographies

Looking up actor and actress biographies can be inspirational especially at the beginning of your acting career. This page on ActingCareerStartUp.com gives you a brief intro to many different Hollywood actors and actresses along with places to find their complete biographies.

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Jun 17, 2010, acting dictionary

ActingCareerStartUp.com is doing its absolute best to make sure you can get every single thing you need to start your acting career right here on this website. That's why, in listening to you, we know that you are sometimes in need of an acting dictionary to help you understand some of the terms you are confronted with.

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Jun 7, 2010, acting terms

ActingCareerStartUp.com is quickly becoming the biggest and most-recognized resource for new and aspiring actors in the world. As part of this mission, we have provided this list of acting terms to help you familiarize yourself with the language of the industry.

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Jun 1, 2010, how much actors make

As with any profession, people want to know if it will be financially rewarding. For new and aspiring actors it is no different. This page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com is part of an exclusive interview with LA kids talent agent Bill Naoum in which he talks about just that. How much actors make doing commercials.

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May 22, 2010, Teens make money online

Recognizing that aspiring actors of all ages need to have the money to be able to focus on their acting careers, ActingCareerStartUp.com focuses on 6 ways that adults and teens make money online in this, the 6th installment of the money making series.

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May 22, 2010, kids commercial talent agent

This page here on ActingCareerStartUp.com is part of an exclusive interview with LA kids commercial talent agent Bill Naoum. In this part of the interview, he has some valuable advice for parents of child actors.

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May 15, 2010, Aspiring Actors

In this interview with ActingCareerStartUp.com founder Anthony Smith, 2 aspiring actors from Australia and Belgium tell their stories about why they wanted to come to New York to study acting and how they made it happen.

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May 7, 2010, Kids Make Money

Many aspiring actors would like to know how kids make money so they can support their acting careers. ActingCareerStartUp.com will show you one of the easiest ways ever to make money using a computer.

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Apr 26, 2010, child actor

The parent of a child actor can find it to be very trying to find good quality information that lets them know how to best help their young aspiring actor sons and daughters get their careers off the ground. Here are some suggestions that will undoubtedly be of help.

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Apr 19, 2010, Mexican Actors

Here on ActingCareerStartUp.com you will find a list of Mexican actors, places to find more information about them, read their credits, resumes and biographies, see pictures and keep up to date with regard to their acting projects.

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What you’re doing is great Anthony. Whenever I read the things on your site, the interviews and even your book, I feel like if only everybody got to read this before they got started, they would be so much better off and everybody else (casting directors, agents, directors, etc.) would be so much better off too.
Personal Manager, Ingrid French

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Tony,
I want to say you changed my life. I want to be an actress so bad, but i began losing motivation when I couldn't figure out what to do. And then I found you! Thanks to you, I'm taking my first acting classes next month! Yippee!
Sara, Pasadena, CA

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Hi Tony
I would like to thank you for helping me with the monologue question I asked you. I went to the auditions for a Drama course and I am happy to say that I have been accepted as a first-year student at the Tshwane University of Technology. Please keep on sending me those newsletters and let me know where I can find books that will help me in my acting career. Thank you once more. Have a blessed day.
Sincerely
Edward Thaba -South Africa

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Dear Anthony,
Just wanted to thank you for bringing me in to [audition for the video], meet you and chat this Saturday. I was really excited to hear about your working on actingcareerstartup.com and even took a look at it today - it's awesome! You are very well-spoken, knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and it shows through the work that you do! I hope our paths in the industry will cross again and really enjoyed meeting you. Thanks, again and best wishes with your very important work!
Warmly,
Gretchen, NY, NY

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Hey Tony, thanks for the info, yours by far is the most useful, I am 30 years old, and I myself always (secretly) wanted to be an actress, but I never knew where to begin, so thank you. You have given me hope!
Ana C., Tampa, FL