I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.
All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA.
I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.
You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.
We don't have drama in public schools in France. I had never taking an acting class.
I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.
Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all.
There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.
I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
Go learn the language. Go take some acting lessons. Start from zero like everybody else.