Acting Talent Research Paper

I did ask for fan questions, and I got a really great one here. Since you 're an acting coach, if you have someone who is thinking about acting for a career, how are you able to figure out if they have acting talent or not? Is there something you would recommend they do to determine if they have talent or not?

You know, it 's easier than people think actually. Talent is insanely overrated. I think talent comes through hard work and learning the craft. I find this an interesting occupation I 'm in, and I guess I 've always approached if differently than most of the world. I know a lot of people think that to be an actor, you have to be born with it. Everyone assumes that everyone who does it is just naturally good at it. What we do is we recreate real life, human experiences on cue and on command, but all we 're doing is recreating humanity. So the first question is, "Are you a human being?" And if you are, congratulations, you can do this. That 's the hardest step. And even then, if you 're a dog, there 's dog movies. But it 's a learned skill.

I find it interesting that lot of people think, "Oh, I could never be an actor. I 'm no good at it." Butif they wanted to be a doctor, they …show more content…
A lot of people think that being an actor is like royalty. If you could be an actor, why would you be anything else? I don 't know; some of us leave 'cause we want to do other things. Rick Moranis is one of my favorite examples. He had an unfortunate even where he lost his wife, and it was like, "Do you want to act or do you want to raise your kids?" Raise my kids! It 's no contest. You don 't want to be super famous? No, I want my kids. Kids are way more important to me than any fame. It 's fun to be famous--it is super fun. It is so much more fun to be a dad.

I really respect those who are actors and who are in the entertainment industry as a whole. What you guys do and the dedication that you have to your craft--I highly respect