College Essay On Acting

Despite having high self-esteem and what some might even consider an immodest demeanor, I rarely feel so pleased with myself as when I pretend to be someone else. As a child, this fascination for impersonation developed when I played games with other kids in which we pretended to be knights, superheroes, and other classic children’s fantasies. I loved these divertissements, but it wasn’t until I was chosen for the lead role as a cursed hunter in my class play when I was six that I realized I had found something I was truly passionate about. The surge of adrenaline I felt before my first show in front of a live audience and the excitement of being someone else onstage was exhilarating. It was patently clear that acting would become a lifelong interest. For me it is not only thrilling and expressive, but a foray into the life of the character I am playing and an opportunity to experience something new.

I love many aspects of acting. I appreciate the relative fame and recognition I get from being a prominent young actor in a small town …show more content…
When I was twelve I broke my foot a week before a production in which I was playing Hamlet was going to open. My insistence on performing anyway, limping and hobbling around stage, left my mother crying at intermission even as she recognized and accepted my indefatigable determination. She scolds me even now as I attempt to fit ten hours of rehearsal a week for my role as Eric Birling in an upcoming Mendocino Theatre Company production of An Inspector Calls into an already busy schedule comprised of school, work, cross country, and making up credits for a semester abroad. However, I act in spite of all the pressing matters I must attend to in my life, because when I act I am no longer a crippled twelve year old or a busy high school senior; I am the enigmatic and conflicted Hamlet or the delinquent and secretive Eric, and the daily concerns or stressors I have