Successful
Actors
Advice
to
anyone
who
wants
a
career
as
an
actor.
Be
on
time.
On a
big
film
the
money
is
going
out
the
door
at
about
30
grand
every
20
minutes.
On a
network
TV
show
the
rate
is
only
a
bit
less.
If
you
are
ten
minutes
late
for
a
job
that
pays
five
hundred
bucks
-
you
will
be
very
disliked
by
the
producer
and
everybody
that
works
for
him.
People
will
scream
at
you.
If
you
are
late
for
an
audition,
the
casting
director
will
worry
that
you
won't
get
to
the
job
on
time.
If
you
are
late
for
a
job,
that
casting
director
will
also
have
people
screaming
at
her.
And
further
more
there
is
no
such
thing
as
an
eight-hour
day
in
show
business.
If
you
cannot
work
a
long
day,
you
are
unsuited
for
success
in
show
business.
Be
an
early
riser.
If
you
want
to
be
in
the
movie
or
television
business,
you
must
be
the
kind
of
person
who
can
get
up
at 5
in
the
morning.
If
you
work
in
the
theatre,
your
early
rising
will
fall
about
10
AM -
because
you
work
into
the
night.
But
if
you
plan
on
working
in
this
industry
you
would
do
well
to
make
early
rising
a
lifelong
habit.
The
early
starts
and
long
hours
mean
that
you
will
be
spending
about
half
your
life
with
co-workers.
If
you
are
a
pain
in
the
butt
-
you
will
be
heartily
disliked
by
other
people
who
are
also
working
12
hour
days.
Word
will
get
around
and
it
will
be
harder
to
get
work.
Therefore
be
nice
to
people
no
matter
what.
You
have
to
keep
your
'creative
juices'
flowing
during
the
entire
12
hours.
If
you
don't
love
doing
this
kind
of
work,
being
on
for
12
hours
is
impossible.
Well
groomed
and
clean.
You
are
not
the
part.
Even
the
guys
who
play
bikers
and
bums
wear
deodorant
and
have
clean
teeth.
Your
breath
must
be
pleasant.
A
co-worker
who
literally
stinks
will
get
a
reputation
and
lose
opportunities
because
of
it.
No
complains
Those
actors
on
sets
who
do
complain
about
the
dressing
rooms,
the
food,
the
director,
the
co-star,
the
costume
people,
the
lack
of
work,
the
hours,
the
script
and
pretty
much
anything.
They
are
labelled
as
complainers
and
are
rarely
appreciated
or
tolerated
for
very
long.
Good
value
from
you
When
you
habitually
give
100%
of
your
energy
to
the
work
-
you
will
get
more
work.
