Looking Inside The Actor
Looking Inside You

Self-Analysis of Yourself The Actor

When looking for the answers to those questions, you might need help to give yourself an objective evaluation. Below you will find a tool to begin to do it yourself. It is very simple and requires that in each box below, you list your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities that you feel you have in this particular moment of your life and threats, the things that if you do not act upon them immediately, then you could be in serious trouble. The following is an example of what my swot analysis was a few years ago, when I quit my corporate job and decided to pursue acting.

My Strengths

· Maturity

· Quick Learner

· Business skills

· Energy level to change careers at midlife (not to be underestimated!)

· Communication/public speaking skills

· Business résumé (NIKE, Levi’s)

· Financial resources

· Creativity

· Drive and determination

My Weaknesses (Areas to Develop)

· Didn’t really comprehend what being an actor, TV host really meant

· Knew very little about the industry

· No acting training/low skill level

· Based in Italy, far away from NY/LA, which is where I need/want to be located to pursue this career

· No industry contacts

Opportunities

· Train as an actor

· Use my business/entrepreneurial skills to create a way to promote myself that is different from what other artists do, to get noticed

· Move back to the U.S. (Yeah!!!!!)

· Start my own business

· Create my own TV program

· Create my own content (write)

Threats

· Not planning a tight budget (the risk is without good budgeting, finding myself only halfway through my project and then have to go back to work in the traditional sense)!

· Not taking the first step, which is to dedicate myself full-time to my goal. (I had to make a tough decision and leap out of the corporate world and commit 100 percent!)

Now it's your turn!

Try to do it yourself first. You might find that you need the objective opinion of someone who knows you really well. It’s important to know that this is an ongoing process. It should be in your DNA to check yourself constantly. It is now especially important at the beginning of your new career or, for any other career you decide to pursue in your life for that matter.

It takes courage to ask someone what they think of you. If you don’t have that much courage, could be a sign that you need to rethink what it is you want. Seek out people who can give you objective feedback with regard to your work as an actor or with regard to the capabilities you have to pursue such a career. In the meantime, give it a shot. Put together your own swot analysis of yourself now. Good luck.

What are your Strengths?

Your Weaknesses?

What big Opportunities do you have in this period of your life?

What Threats are lurking out there to potentially sabatoge your dreams?

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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.
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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,
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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