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Finding an Acting Agent for a 12 Year Old

QUESTION: How do I find an agent for a 12 year old female actress who is just a beginner? ANSWER: If you live in New York or LA, you can get a copy of Call Sheet and circle acting agents that represent kids, then mail a headshot and resume of your child to these agents. […]

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How to Be on Screen Without Going to School

by Dae ( Michigan) QUESTION: How do you do it? How do you get on shows and movies without paying for school? ANSWER: It’s true. Not everyone goes to acting school. Some kids just learn by doing. They go to a go-see or an audition one day, book the job, and learn the rest as […]

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help!

by marta (miami) QUESTION: I work and my child also has school. I don’t know if i can do this. My child loves acting. She always tells me “i wanna be something in life” and it makes me feel bad i can’t help her. What can i do? ANSWER: Put her in a child acting […]

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Location for child actors

by Cherome White (Levittown, NY) QUESTION: I would like to know the best places to live for a child who would like to act, to be closer to the business. ANSWER: Los Angeles is the place with the most auditions for commercial, film and TV, for both adults and children. A lot of the auditions […]

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does she have what it takes?

by KC (N) QUESTION: How do you know your child has talent? Of course as a parent I think she does, but when I see other kids getting higher roles in local shows I start to wonder what is missing. Her teacher says she’s great but I wonder if he says that just to keep […]

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What If You Cannot Pay for your Child Acting Career

by Ashley S. (New Bedford, Massachusetts ) QUESTION: What if you know your child has an extreme amount of talent, like across the board, not just because shes my kid. I mean, looks, voice and talent with acting. But how can you start them up if you don’t have the funds available to do so? […]

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Chance a child has with acting

QUESTION: What chance does a regular child have of being in major roles? ANSWER: That’s a tough question. There’s tons of kids who are interested in acting and only a few who get major roles, so if you look at it this way, the chances are slim, but the odds are much better when: – […]

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Starting Acting at 2 years old

by zachery davis (Sandy, Utah) QUESTION: I think my kid would be great she is 2 years old and can remember everything like songs her ABC’s not much she cant plus the things she comes up with are a amazing I would just like to know more of how to get her in to it […]

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how too get my son into auditions for acting or comercials.

by DEETRA (Hawthorne ca) QUESTION: Hello, My name is Deetra Roland and I have WONDERFUL 4 YR OLD SON… HE ALWAYS PLAY BACK HIS MOVIES THAT WE DVR AND HE KNOWS THEM WORD PRE WORD EVEN THE MOVEMENTS AND THE SOUNDS IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN START STEP BY STEP TO GET HIM IN SOME […]

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Stage Fright in the Way of Acting Dream

by Katerina (SI NY US) QUESTION: My child has stage fright and wants to become an actress. What do I do? ANSWER: Many people who choose an acting career are actually pretty shy in real life or suffer from stage fright. Often, the more artistic and imaginative types struggle the most with public fear, so […]