Why do you want to be an actor? 5 Questions for Actors!

Hi guys! I want you to answer these 5 questions. These are for you to answer to make you think more about why you want to do what you want to do.

1. Name, Age, Location
2. Who is your favourite actor?
3. What's your favourite play/musical/playwright?
4. Why you want to be a professional actor?
5. Where you see yourself in 10 years time?

Create a video response! Videos are better than comments; I don't have to time to reply to all comments unfortunately.

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[xJezz]

I was gonna make a video response... but you said you'd laugh at "being famous" so I shan't...

[straightfromschool]

@xJezz Sorry to put you off! But it's true. You've got to really love acting. Famous actors are famous because they've got somewhere with their training and passion at educating themselves in the art of performance. That's what acting is about - perfecting your craft. It's nothing to do with fame.

[xJezz]

@straightfromschool Oh I'm fully aware of that, but that's what I wish to achieve, and I'm not the only one, I believe I will make it big through my passion, I'm studying hard now and will continue to until I have made it, but I still wish to achieve fame through what I love and I just feel it's very derogatory to laugh at somebody's dreams... however unlikely they may seem to you.

[straightfromschool]

@xJezz Maybe that wasn't the best phrasing - 'laughing at you' - but I think its perfectly ok to question why people believe they should be famous for something they haven't achieved yet. It's ok to want your achievements recognized, as long as it's something you deserve 'cos you worked hard for it. I don't mean you specifically of course, it's just a lot of people I speak to assume they'll make it 'big' when they don't even know if they're any good at their craft.

[Bekalime]

Hi!my name is Bek.I am from Kazakhstan.I am 20 years old.I have never acted before.However, I extremely want to be an actor.I really,really,really do!Not just because of fame,but I would like to do it because it is my big dream!My idols are Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,Ian Somerholder,Jensen Ackles,Robert Pattinson,Jude Law,Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay character(U.S. television sitcom Friends),Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing(Friends).I see myself as a professional,famous actor.

[PittbullPerson]

My name, Is Madison. Not something very unique. Something you may hear or see quite a bit. My age is 11, but I'n less than a month I will be 12. I know, I am pretty young. But, acting is everything to me, I love this form on entreatment. I am from The USA, Maine to be a little more precise. My favorite actor, and or actress, well, I must say, there are many many great actors. But, I adore Shia LaBeaof. He is I'n many movies, Transfirmers, 1,2, and 3. He used to be I'n Even Stevens, ECT. He is v

[SuperActingismylife]

Could u message us back??? Plz everything I do never gets regonized

[quenyasansel]

P.S. Couldn't agree with you more on the "being famous" note. It is love of the art and commitment to it that will get you to where you want to go, and if where you want to go is straight to the recognition without doing the legwork, you're in for a serious wake-up call…

[quenyasansel]

5. In ten years time I'll have finished acting school and be living in Copenhagen doing dramatic independent films. My goal is to one day take part in something - anything - written by Frank Darabont. I L-O-V-E his screenplays.

Hope this was enjoyable (: Cheers!

[quenyasansel]

(and I realize I'm sounding a bit dramatic here, but let's face it - I'm an actress!), and I thought to myself: How can so much be said by so little? How can I feel this much over a white screen and some moving pictures? That one tiny moment decided my whole life for me, and I've been chasing that same feeling ever since. If only I could ever make someone feel the way Elijah Wood made me feel that one night 10 years ago - that is my dream.

[quenyasansel]

4. Phew, this might take a while! I've known my entire life that I was going to be a performer of some sort, and probably from the age of 7 or 8 I knew that is was to be acting. Then I saw The Lord of the Rings at the movies when I was 11, and the feeling it left me with….there is just no words to describe it. That moment about five minutes in where Frodo stands up for the first time, looks up and smiles… It was like my whole world suddenly made sense (cont.)

[quenyasansel]

3. I've never been much into theatre to be perfectly honest, very few plays have managed to move me in the way that so many movies have done… I was however extremely excited over Rent and the Lion King, both of which I have been fortunate enough to enjoy on Broadway. This being due to the theatricality of it all and the music more so than the acting or playwright, but that did not make it any less pleasurable (:

[quenyasansel]

Alright, I'll have a go at that! (this might be a rather long post, I apologize in advance)

1. My name is Kate, I'm 21 and from Denmark.

2. My guess is this question goes to actresses as well - To pick just one would be next to impossible, but Michael Douglas, Johnny Depp (his performance in The Libertine blew my mind!) and Tilda Swinton are my favorites at the moment, but there are so, so many...

[Anar199509]

Hi! Well, my name is Anar, i'm 17 and i'm from Azerbaijan... i love singing... I wanna to be an actor cuz thats my dream since childhood, i really wanna be popular actor!!! i think, believe and hope that in 10 years time i'll done my first steps to my greatest dream!!!

[BlacckCuts]

5) I'm not really sure where i'd see myself in 10 years time, things change.. but when the time comes to it, i'll be happy, and no matter what happends, i'll try to be the best I can be:) - Sorry, that iv'e blabbed on, but I hope you respond!