How Good Are You?

If you're as good as they say you are, you may believe it. But if their response is silence—no roles, not even audition callbacks, that means you're no good?

Let's forget what they say—or don't say. You are God's gift—some say that, too. I'm saying it. Being a success as an actor is assured if you persevere. If you never step on a stage again—outside of classes and workshops—and you just can't count those, can you?—then you're an actor, period, end of discussion.

I believe in you. Not personally, at least not at this moment—I mean, anybody could be reading this. But, whoever you are, I truly believe in you. I believe your success as an actor rests on you refusing to stop auditioning, continuing to think like an actor, whether it's critiquing someone's film performance or reading a play with your imagination in gear.

All art is process, though we will always obsess on the end product. Be an actor. After all, you are one.

Crazy?

I am reading a good book (from 17 years ago, so you may know of it), entitled "Staying Sane in the Arts," by Eric Maisel, Pd.D.

See if it doesn't describe you well, with advice as to what you should do about it.