Questions and Answers
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 […]
by Melissa (United States) QUESTION: My son, who is 11yrs old, has advised me he would like to become an actor. What can I do to get him started in this line of work? Thank you. ANSWER: The first thing to do is to find a good child acting class for him. This way, you […]
QUESTION: Is it appropriate for me to email a thank you note to the Casting Director after a call back for my son who is 10 years old, or should we send a post card/headshot or a hand written note by him? We do have an email address that is just for him. Thanks ANSWER: […]
QUESTION: What kind of questions are they going to ask at a modeling/acting audition for children age 9? And how should they answer the questions? I mean should I coach my daughter to give long detailed answers or short to the point answers? ANSWER: They don’t ask many questions at auditions. Not like agents do […]
QUESTION: My daughter is already a good actor for 2 years old. She just turned 2 years old last week, but she knows stuff like preschoolers and kinders learn in school. On her birthday last week, I asked her if she can make sad face, and she start crying. And I asked her if she […]
QUESTION: My daughter went to her very first commercial audition and got a call back. After the call back audition they called the agency that sent us within 15 minutes after we left… There were still a number of girls waiting to audition when they got this call. I was then called by the agency […]
by Lynette Tilley (Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) QUESTION: My son is hilarious and full of confidence. He loves to cross dress as Dave from Money Supermarket! His interests are comedians. I would love to get him into drama school but have no idea how to go about it. He is 9 years old and currently […]
by turner (apple valley,ca) QUESTION: I wanted to know where I can find talent agencies for babies I really want my child to be an actor. ANSWER: You can get Backstage’s Call Sheet to get an alphabetical listing of all agents in the country. Select only the acting agencies that represent babies (or mention 0-99 […]
(San Luis Obispo, CA) QUESTION: My child has an acting permit, and goes out for auditions which is usually during school times, or has to miss school because we have to travel 4+ hours to get to the audition. Are child actors excused with the permit? Is there a way to get them excused at […]
by Lindsey (Aix en Provence , France) QUESTION: We moved to France a few years ago from a small island in the Carribean so my daughter has never lived in the United States. We are American but now live in France. My daughter loves acting she’s funny , confident and her dream is to win […]