Acting: Attitude + Knowledge = Sucess and Winning

Attitude and Knowledge

By asking the question How can I make it happen? your attention will be directed in the right direction, and -- you'll be ready to take action. Ah . . . but what actions, you're asking. That's another productive question.

If you haven't checked out Bob Fraser's myspace blog, do so now (or ASAP). He's currently writing a series of blog posts on the business side of acting and the required mindset you need to become a professional actor. Some titles:

• 5 BIG LIES of Professional Acting
• Selling Your Acting Career Is Not "Selling Out"
• Getting Into The “Big Leagues” of Show Business
• The Acting Career Success Attitude
• The "Secrets" of Professional Acting
• How To Be A Pushy Actor
• Acting Career - The Big Secret

And Another Terrific Resource

The business side of anything, e.g., from selling cookies to selling one's acting skills, is not a skill set that one can take for granted -- nor are these skills and the required assoicated mind-set obvious or second nature to most people. Everyone who sells anything has had to learn how to do it. The business side of acting is no different, in principle, from the business side of any other profession.

A great resource for actors, I think, is a publication called Sucess Magazine. It will help you 1) focus on the principle skills, the foundational skills you need to succeed. (For knowledge about the specific ins and outs of "show biz," you'll need to get that from somewhere else, e.g., check out these great "how to" books):

and 2) Sucess Magazine focuses on the critical mindset behind every successful person, behind every person who's faced significant challenges and obstacles and then overcame them to go where they needed to go.

Success Magazine is primarily a business magazine about and for real people -- and for ACTORS too!. Each issue of Success brings readers stories of real people who have achieved success in business and in life, and described, step-by-step, how they got there and how you can too! You can subscribe to it by clicking on the image below:

and least you start thinking: gosh -- is it always about making money, making more money? The answer is No.

Charles Kingsley (A British Anglican Clergyman, Teacher and Writer whose novels, widely read in the Victorian era, influenced social developments in Britain. 1819-1875) said it best:

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Be in love with acting, be enthusiastic about what you have to offer, what you have to SHARE. That's really what you're doing when you're "selling" something you really believe in.