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Need genuine support and guidance.

Phillip

So I'm 23 and with zero experience, friends, transport, and honestly no idea what I'm currently living for. 

I do have a paying job, not much but survivable. I don't like to compare my lifestyle to relatives but I am living aimlessly. 

I want to be a film actor. Correction: NEED to be a film actor. At least I know where my heart should be. But tools, confidence, experience and community is so scarce this doesn't seem achievable. I am mentally lost. I also need to move out because where I am is so toxic, in essence surrounded by narcissists. My daily structure is: go to work, come home, and just sit at my PC doing nothing productive. On a day off, it's even worse, mental torture because I don't know what to do or where to go. 

The only liberty I have is the gym. But coupled with poor eating structure and financial difficulty, this also hurts. Even more so I have nobody, nor professional or guidance. 

Please leave a message or reference to help me out, someone who can actually guide me. I've only just discovered this page since this has occurred for the last 3 years.

I have so much to give and I feel like I'm really wasting time, but I don't know the how or where, and the confidence to even try. 

Please help.

Phillip 

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  • Please accept my apologies if I am stating what you may already know.

    The world of acting is incredibly competitive, and can also be quite toxic. Even the most thick-skinned film actors can find the nature of the industry and all the negative things that inevitably come with it takes its toll on their mental health. It might be worth thinking about how you would deal with things like negative press reviews, fans who might develop an unhealthy obsession with you, months or possibly years when you are turned down for roles by casting agents. These are all things that film actors experience.

    There is nothing wrong with wanting to become a film actor, but I would advise against becoming too fixated on that idea. As Iain and Stuart333 have both said, joining an amateur dramatic society will be a good way of gaining confidence, discovering if you have a flair for acting, and if it is something you still want to pursue. 

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  • Please accept my apologies if I am stating what you may already know.

    The world of acting is incredibly competitive, and can also be quite toxic. Even the most thick-skinned film actors can find the nature of the industry and all the negative things that inevitably come with it takes its toll on their mental health. It might be worth thinking about how you would deal with things like negative press reviews, fans who might develop an unhealthy obsession with you, months or possibly years when you are turned down for roles by casting agents. These are all things that film actors experience.

    There is nothing wrong with wanting to become a film actor, but I would advise against becoming too fixated on that idea. As Iain and Stuart333 have both said, joining an amateur dramatic society will be a good way of gaining confidence, discovering if you have a flair for acting, and if it is something you still want to pursue. 

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