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To Tony,
I have to say this is the best acting site i have EVER been to. I'm sure you have helped many people begin their dream!
I've helped in advertising your site to over 38 of my aspiring actor friends.
You are doing an amazing thing by helping these people.
I wish you the best in your acting career so that you may be a role model for all those who look up to your sucess.
-Rachael W., actress, Canada
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Anthony,
Happy New year to you. I really enjoy your e-mails and your website. As someone who has just started the journey of becoming an actor I enjoy your site which is full of wonderful insights and answers to questions I have had, and it's funny but it seems as though every time you update your site, it answers a question I have been struggling with at that point.
Thank you for your website, you have helped me a lot as I know you have helped numerous others.
Have a wonderful 2008 and may you break a leg in everything you do this year as an actor.
Sam T Kelly, actor, Los Angeles, CA
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Tony,
I did what you said and…I got two interviews with two agents! Thank you! Sorry but can I ask you…how do I prepare to go meet the agent? What do I have to do?
Marsha P., New York, NY, USA
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Tony,
I just wanted to let you know that I copied a quote of your's and I'm putting it on my refrigerator when I move to L.A. this next week. Thanks for the continued encouragement to all of us trying to achieve our goals. Keep up the good work.
Best,
Kyle S., actor
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This site has taught me a lot that I needed to know without dragging me all over the place.
Lauren, actress, Atlanta, GA
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It was 7am in Brooklyn. I had been up since 5. I needed the time to get ready and take the subway all the way down from lower Harlem.
I met Karen during her acting career start in Brooklyn on the set of the film Life Support (starring Queen Latifa) in Brooklyn for which we were both cast as extras. She was so cute, twenty-four years old and had driven through the night just to be on the set of this movie. She was so excited, and she talked about wanting to move to New York to seriously pursue modeling and acting. In the same breath, she confided to me, “I’m ashamed to admit it, but if I were to move here, I have absolutely no clue where to start and what to do about anything, getting an agent, working, networking, nothing!” We proceeded to talk at length, and she asked me a multitude of questions and took a lot of notes. I answered them based on my experience and what I had learned and put into practice.
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I decided that day that this book would be for all the Karen’s out there, who want to explore this wonderful world of acting, but need guidance in their acting career start, just like I did when I started.
It’s not easy at the beginning trying to figure out what to do all alone, trial and error, trying to get good information. When I first decided to pursue acting, I wished I had had someone to talk to who really knew what to do and how to do it. I heard so many different things from so many different people that sometimes, my head was spinning. I sifted through all the cloud of information and slowly began to make some sense of it all and I still am.
You're not here by chance
If you landed on this page, it’s certainly not by chance. Ary you in the acting career start up phase? Are you new to this business of acting and not really sure if you’re doing the right things to start your career? Or maybe you don’t really know where to begin? Do you want more out of your acting career? Do you have a child who is interested in pursuing acting and you would like to help her? If you answer yes to any of those questions, then you’ve come to the right place.
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Hi Tony
I would like to thank you for helping me with the monologue question I asked in October 2007. 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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Hi,
I was wondering if there is anything established like actingstartup.com in the U.K. because you are amazing and I have learned loads...
Thank You.
Nadine., Newcastle, UK
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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
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Hi, I’m John.
You answered a question for me about two weeks ago about how to write my cover letters…I want you to know your advice was helpful. I got called in for a part as an extra in my first movie! It’s not big, but it’s my first one! Thanks for your help!
John, San Diego, CA