Surviving as a Child Actor
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people imagine that sheer willpower combined with a lucky break or two just might see them through. Having raw talent and a sense of the drama (be it stage or screen) are both wonderful things and certainly carried me through the first seven years of my professional life, but at the end of the day, a solid foundation and technique will carry any artist over the course of an entire career, be it long or short.
No parent can ever know any more than mine did, whether when a child says ‘I want to be an actor’ they are referring to the rest of their lives, or merely for the next week. Plenty of children get drafted into school plays and get from one end of the experience to the other without any ill effects. However, the sense of self-worth, pride and achievement that I have been lucky enough to see pass through my school over the last ten years, leave me in no
