You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.
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My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.
To be a theater actor, I think you have to do plays all the time.
Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.
I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.
My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.
I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.
I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can get. I always assumed I was going to be an actor. I don't know why. I didn't have any reason to think that. In fact, when I finally did try it, when I was in college, I was really bad at it and didn't enjoy it.
You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.