New York City's acting classes and
acting schools
attract the world's best actors and actresses every year, hoping to improve their craft.
Yet the majority of those aspiring actors and actresses never even start to launch a
successful acting career.
Trying to become a professional actor or actress is hard, but with a load of dedication and the right acting
training, it can be done. However, most aspiring actors and actresses out there are not taking the
right acting classes.
Making this dream a reality takes years of hard work and patience, and for most successful actors, it doesn't
happen overnight. But those who stick to it have the potential to find the riches and fame that they've
wanted all their lives.
Some of these dreamers will see all of their fantasies become a reality. Others will be stuck auditioning for
off-off-Broadway plays and waiting tables in Hell's Kitchen.
They say that if you can make it in New York, you can
make it anywhere, but there's a big difference between New York theatre, television, and Hollywood films.
But for those who are willing to do what it takes to establish themselves in the most appropriate way,
they can see their acting dreams become a reality, too.
Take Robert Downey, Jr., for example.
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When he was 10 years old, Robert Downey, Jr.'s parents sent him to London to study at the
Perry House School, and as a teenager, back in New York, he attended the Stagedoor Manor
Performing Arts Training Center.
When his parents divorced, he moved with his father to California, attending Santa Monica
High School with fellow future
movie stars, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, and just
missed being a schoolmate with Sean Penn by a year.
However, he soon dropped out of high school and moved back to New York to pursue an
acting career full-time. In 1985, he was
hired as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. But
critics weren't impressed and ratings were low, and Robert, along with many others, was
fired from the show. To make matters worse, he was admittedly addicted to drugs and alcohol.
He managed to score a few big roles in some small movies, and even earned a Golden Globe
nomination, but by 1996, he was so deep into drugs and alcohol that he was repeatedly getting
arrested, which didn't do much to help his acting career.
When most actors and actresses face adversity in the film industry, or even in their daily lives,
there's a tendency to start procrastinating and making excuses for things that they haven't done yet.
Robert Downey, Jr., however, managed to avoid this fate. In 2001, he checked himself into rehab, and as
soon as he got out, he got right back to work. The roles were not big or glamorous, but all that
hard work and perseverence paid off in 2006. When Jon Favreau was casting for the titular role in
Iron Man, he wanted a lead actor who'd been through the hell and anguish that Tony Stark experienced.
Robert Downey, Jr. had literally lived that experience, but had he been like most other actors and
actresses who quit the business at the first sign of a little difficulty, he wouldn't be the leading
man that he is today.
This is what it really means to be a movie star. Unfortunately, the vast majority of actors and
actresses out there don't know it, and they probably will never find out.
The Hollywood players don't have time to hold your hand and teach you the ways the industry works.
They sort out the ones with real potential from the horde of wannabes,
toss them into the mill, and hope that a shiny new star will form.
What you'll learn in CelebSystem is how to be part of that small handful chosen from the herd of
wannabes, how to make all the right moves to get ahead, and most importantly, how to maintain your
star status once you've achieved it.
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