How Do You Prepare to Become an Actress?
Video Transcript How Do You Prepare to Become an Actress? I must forsooth be forced to give my hand opposed against my heart, unto a mad brain rudesby. Mad brain rudesby? I’m going to have to look that one up. Good old Shakespeare. You know Shakespeare said all the world is a stage. I’m Janice Creneti, director of the Girlstories Theater Project in Tampa, Florida. And I’m here to talk to you today about how to become an actress. I’ve been acting for over twenty-five years myself, so I’ve learned a few things along the way. Well part of it depends on exactly what kind of actress you want to be. There’s film, there’s live theater and you can do straight plays, you can do musicals. There’s voice over work, and even now, acting on the internet. But no matter what kind of acting you do there’s some basic skills that every actor needs to be as prepared as possible. First thing that you need to think about is knowing your instrument, and for actors, the instrument is your voice, and your body
