Q&A: Can I have some career advice PLEASE?
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I am a high school Sophomore and I either want to become a producer, actress (not very much though) or a lawyer or maybe even an entertainment lawyer. I wanted to be a lawyer for years but then I started to think about it and I don’t know how good I am at arguing. People say I love to argue, but I don’t think I can make a good argument, although some people say I can, others I can’t. I am going to start taking acting lessons next year as my elective. I’ve been obsessed with this one celebrity so I looked into becoming a producer and it sounded interesting. I’ve started watching the behind scenes stuff on DVDs and it looks like fun! I have an uncle who is a producer and he is unemployed. But, then my neighbor is a lawyer and he is unemployed also.I told my parents I want to be a producer and they said “NO WAY!”. My dad said “if you major in producing, find a way to pay for your own college”, but he said this in front of his friends so I don’t know if he was joking or not. After he said this, my mom said “just minor in film.” I am taking acting classes next year for my electives and there are tons of opportunities for me to act if I am interested in it. I am going to college after high school, probably Notre Dame or U of Michigan and maybe majoring in Business and minoring in film . I am planning on going to law school after college. If I decide to go with the lawyer career, I want to be a Senator. Or I was considering becoming a producer and then governor (like Ronald Reagan was an actor and then he became President.) There are stars like Peter Facinelli and Ashley Greene who didn’t start acting until college and Cameron Diaz who auditioned for a part and got it with no acting experience and Harrison Ford started acting, wasn’t making a lot of money acting, so he took of carpentry and then was hired to build George Lucas’s cabinets, and then Lucas hired him for Star Wars. I also took a career test and it said either a producer or lawyer! (That was no help at all!) Also, I was looking at employment statistics, and it said for 2008, there were around 100,00 employed producers and 700,000 employed lawyers, but I won’t be graduating college until 2017, so I don’t know how much the statistics will change. What are my chances of becoming a producer in Hollywood? Can I have some advice? I have no idea what I want to do! Also, my mom said the reason she didn’t go to law school was because of how hard it is to find a job as a lawyer and she isn’t good at arguing. Also, I don’t want to become a lawyer because I am really shy and my brother said that if I want to be a lawyer, I better get over my shyness and he said that I just want to work in the movie industry because I’m obsessed with a celebrity and it’s “clouding my mind”. I don’t know what to do and my parents always make me feel bad! Also, my parents friend is a lawyer and she is having tax problems and paying her taxes etc. Also, my dad keeps saying “It’s my job to make sure that you can support yourself and there is no money income in with movies” Also, I’ve always been they type of person who thinks “if someone else can do it, you can do it also, but better.” My mom thinks I should maybe be an entertainment lawyer so I can work in the movie industry and become a lawyer. But I think I want to help make movies and get to be behind the scenes. Also, I don’t know if I should listen to my dad because he’s always afraid to take risks. Also, next to where my mom works, a Production company just moved in… Also, this year I am taking Acting, next year Production, Acting and Directing and then the following year Actor’s workshop. What hurts my feelings though is my dad is making fun of me for taking these classes. He keeps on saying “why are you taking acting? You’re not going to be an actor, why are you taking directing, your not going to be a director.” Then I told him I could take Broadcasting and he’s like “Broadcasting!? Come on!” This really hurts my feelings.
ALSO, I am taking Accounting this year, should I drop directing and take Accounting 2?
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Answer by Lawliet
um how many times have you asked this? ive seen it up atleast 3 times. Stop asking Yahoo and Figure out what YOU want to do.
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