A proper acting résumé example is a great tool for you to use as a template
to base your own résumé on. However, even if you have a full page of
impressive credits and great acting classes,
it's not necessarily enough to guarantee you a great
acting career.
A decent résumé might be enough to get you an audition in theatre or perhaps
an interview with an agent, but there is a lot more to it than just a good
résumé when it comes to being a successful
movie or television actor.
Those who figure that out early go on to have great careers. But those poor
souls who don't, find themselves playing bit parts year after year, wondering
why no one can appreciate their talent.
Some actors are willing and able to do the extra work that goes beyond simply
being a good actor to really make their dream of an acting career a reality.
But the 95% that wants to play the game their own way comprises all of the
actors and actresses whose IMDb STARmeter™ rankings are floating above
100,000.
So many performers expect their talent and
acting training to take them all
the way to the top, and Hollywood just doesn't work that way. It takes hard work,
career management, and many other nuances to transition from just a good actor
into a real super star.
Take Johnny Depp, for example.
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For many years, Johnny Depp was regarded as one of the
finest actors of his
generation, but at the same time, he was box office poison.
He got his foot in the door as a young heartthrob on the hit TV show
21 Jump Street in 1987, and as soon as he got the opportunity, he
made a point to showcase his talent. He chased down strange non-commercial
roles that would show how good he is, rather than the roles in big movies
that would make him a star.
He got his first hit in Tim Burton's 1990 film Edward Scissorhands,
and then it was downhill from there. He spent the next better part of a
decade churning out busts, bombs, flops and tiny movies, never achieving
real star status.
Eventually, he wizened up, and in 1997, he co-starred with Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco,
which turned out to be a moderate hit. With the clout from finally starring in
a big movie, the studios saw fit to give him a pay raise to $5 million, and the opportunity
to star in a big budget blockbuster, Sleepy Hollow.
Over the next two years, he put out several hit movies, and was offered the
lead in Pirates of the Caribbean. And this was not a decision made on
talent alone. Jack Sparrow was originally written for Hugh Jackman, hence the
name. But because he wasn't famous enough yet, the role was given to Johnny
Depp.
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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