by Eugene Buica
on 19. Sep, 2010
in Acting Career Advice
1 . I have the right to audition for any part, large or small, for a big budget feature or a low budget indie.
2. I have the right to be compensated for my acting, including student films.
3. I have the right to seek representation, as well as the right to terminate representation when appropriate.
4. Whenever someone tells me that extra work leads to acting work, I reserve the right to disagree.
5. When I find myself in any abusive circumstance, either in a classroom, in an office or on a set, I have the right to excuse myself.
6. I have the right to study acting with qualified and currently working professionals who LOVE what they do and will prepare me to succeed in TODAY’s film and television industry.
7. When I study acting I have the right to act EXTENSIVELY in every single class.
8. I maintain my right to complain about lack of acting work ONLY if I am currently studying acting in depth, chasing down acting jobs, and making acting my number one priority.
9. I have the right to become the actor that everyone said I couldn’t be, shouldn’t be, and have no right to be.
10. Having trained as an actor and having taken the steps to secure gainful employment as an actor, I now have the right to call myself an actor – dues paid.
