 Today I need to work out and I'm gonna talk to you guys also about international casting So I'm gonna work out. We're gonna go to the grocery store and also try matcha from a new place and Then we're gonna talk about international casting So that's another question that I get all of the time Of course a lot of people want to come to the US to act here to start a career in acting here because Acting is huge in the US. This is where so much is produced Hollywood, New York Atlanta is becoming a huge hub. I heard New Mexico is also becoming a huge hub, but anyways in general I want to talk about international Not international casting cost because that's not very common, especially right now with COVID But international acting in general and I actually spoke to two of my friends who came to the US as students And I met them through the theater department at Cal State East Bay one of them prefers not to be on camera, but the other person is sharing a bunch of information and I'm gonna Give you information from both of them, of course and show you clips from my interview with Nikolai. He's so sweet So I'm gonna give you their perspectives give you as much advice as I can all of the links the visas all of that information I'm gonna leave it in the description, but for now. I need to stop procrastinating and go work out I just went to Paris baguette and I got a matcha latte from them and if you guys don't know them They're a chain They have a bunch of pastries coffees. I usually will get the mocha and it's so chocolatey but I wanted to try the matcha of course and Have you guys ever had dried shrimp ground up? That's what this reminds me of. I don't know. I'm gonna give it one more try I'm gonna buy one from Blue bottle tomorrow, and if I don't like that one I'm gonna just stick to tea But I'm gonna have lunch and then we're gonna talk about International casting before you watch the rest of this video though I made another video a few months ago called International casting calls slash can anyone audition to work in the US and that video I talked a lot about What would happen if you did audition for something in the US all of the fees all of that money So you can go and see that video for more information on top of what I'm gonna say today I am pretty sure these two videos are the only ones that I have done relating to international casting because of course I don't have any personal experience with this. This is just me gathering some information I talked to my two friends Kevin and Nikolai Kevin is from China and he went to Cal State East Bay for Undergraduate study theater. That's where I met him and Nikolai is from Germany and that's where I met him as well They both had different experiences and as international students They both told me things that they wish they would have known before they came over here and in general They gave me some of their experience So I'm gonna give you the gist of these conversations that I had with them for Kevin in general He wishes that he had been more of a part of the art scene in China before he came here because he has noticed And you can Google this this is very true that a lot of big stars that are from other countries Already were established in their own country, but that's very true You can use your connections that you create in your country in order to get in here Especially because that will help you with your immigration status getting a visa So I'm gonna leave the link in the description, but you can get an O visa if this is for anybody that has special talents special abilities and you can also Get a visa for your spouse or your child, etc. You can read more about it that visa The O visa is basically for people that have an extraordinary talent in science or art acting things like that Athletes do this a lot So that's a great way to get the visa Of course a student visa is another great way A lot of countries also have scholarships that they offer those students that are looking to go to the US And of course you're gonna have to research all of those scholarships yourself because there's way too many Countries in the world for me to be able to sit down and explain every single one So just get on Google and Google your country international studying and you can start learning about that there of course It is very expensive. That's another thing Kevin said that doing international Studying is definitely a thing from middle class and above because it can get very expensive Especially if you are wanting to come to California There's such a thing called and state tuition which means people that are from California or have lived in California For at least a year in a day that does change So make sure you Google it before you take any action as do immigration laws So make sure even after this video something might change tomorrow So who knows but if you have lived in California for at least a year in a day you get in-state tuition If you have not you get out of state tuition So I went to college with a few friends who did pay out of state tuition and when I was paying $5,000 a quarter or a quarter semester They were paying $20,000 $15,000 of course depending on the university if you decide to go to a UC instead of just a Cal State East Cal State School You're going to be paying so much more and going back to the subject of making a name for yourself in your own country first Nowadays we have so many streaming services You can make your name in any country through YouTube Basically any country through YouTube and then you can use that and leverage it to get an agent or representation In the US and then eventually make your way down here Even if it's once a year for a little while to collaborate and then eventually you can come have a full career here So there's definitely no excuses and of course I know I mentioned this in the other video But it's worth mentioning again the number one thing you should focus on is being a good actor For Nikolai I do have some clips of our conversations I'll be inserting it throughout but essentially for Nikolai He found it very beneficial to come to the US in order to be able to put that on his resume as simple as that He had a lot of opportunities Job opportunities being an international student you get exposed to a whole new country a whole new culture You know visas, passports, whatever you need to get I think I was in a lucky position because I was a foreign student a lot of paperwork is being Not done for you, but they they give it to you Pre sorted and you only need to fill out everything so I of course I needed to get a visa But it's a student visa. There is no there is no Barrier to whatever there's no no real requirements You need to have a you need to be Subscribed to the university and if you have the if you're allowed to go which is also not a hustle at all You will get the visa. What was your thought process in coming to East Bay finish my master's thesis and I was waiting For my professor to to finish it off. I what I wanted was really partly like the first motivation was okay You've never been You never had a semester abroad Why do you study so you should definitely do it and it was a very good decision every job I had so far studying abroad has been a very critical factor in getting the job but I went to the theater area because I knew that That San Francisco was great at theater and I was always like kind of a hobby or something that I did in school Out of school may in university. Not so much anymore. I'm more focused on film and behind the camera That was really really interesting. It opened up my mind completely It was so different when you when you asked for for the interview and everything I was thinking a bit about what is the best thing because I have worked with international actors international Yeah, so in my opinion if someone from Germany comes to yes Like it is a completely different story than what I did absolutely, so In my opinion that the the best thing someone can of course do is Work on the in language You will never get a role if you always sound like the Germans if you will get a role But you'll be boxed into You I mean you can play a Nazi for 30 years If you want more roles if you want more diverse roles, it's it's a lot about looks definitely it's films but If you want to play something you need to get first get rid of your accent or you need to play with your accent One of the things that really stuck out to me that equal I experience in the US was the amount of dedication that American actors had And granted he was at a university where we studied acting through theater and not necessarily on camera Although we did have an acting on camera class But he really enjoyed the fact that actors in the US were very dedicated that worked really hard and were Wanting to rehearse wanting to get better at the craft Unfortunately, it is very true whenever somebody is casting for a particular role as Americans a lot of Americans write for other Americans or at least they want the accent to be non-specific, so they were will want an accent that is American versus Something that might be quote-unquote distracting to the audience So that's another thing and I totally agree, especially being an actor who sees on casting calls You know, whenever they want an accent, that's the only time really when they're wanting to accept even people with an accent They will say for this commercial we are for this role We want somebody with a Mexican accent other than that if somebody has an accent and it's a little too distracting for their liking They're not gonna cast that person. That's another thing you can do right now is start studying English and start start and start studying The accents the American accents. Thank you so much to Kevin and Nikolai I'm gonna see if I can talk to any other of my friends that I went to college with big shout out to Nikolai and Kevin for giving me all of the information because obviously I am not an international student myself I didn't come here as a college student So I wanted to interview them and give you guys as much information as I could in case you guys are looking to do that Or you're starting your research on that Hopefully this was helpful if you have any additional tips articles places other people can take advantage of where there's more Information about this specifically because I don't do this a lot I don't talk about international casting a lot because I don't know a lot So I would appreciate it if you leave left anything in the comments for other people to view But I'm gonna leave this vlog now, and I'll see you guys tomorrow for day four of vlogmas And at the end of every video I feature another channel This is today's feature if you would like to be featured on my next video Make sure you're subscribed like this video and leave me a comment