Acting, I Have The Power

Lots of people I've spoken to think that acting is something that takes little to no effort. You go on stage, you say something, people clap; or you walk on front of a camera, say a few lines and, boom, you're a multi-millionaire. If only they knew that with great acting, came great responsibility.
          An actors life isn't an easy one, I was given a choice of two options:

Option A- stay in school, have fun, graduate.

Option B- put my life behind me, homeschool, and devote 25 hours of every day to my career.

I chose option A because although I live acting more than I live the sun shining, I still wanted to live a little. I have heard stories of actors and actresses that joined the business very young in theory lives, just to peak in their teenage years and have life go downhill. I didn't want that.
          Even now, I have to have the will to go on. So many agencies and casting directors have turned me down on my looks alone. If it wasn't that, it was their opinion on my acting skills. There are so many times that I want to look at the fat, old, hairy men that tell me to take my resume back in case I preferred to recycle that I wanted to tell them there was no chance that they like have the confidence, the gall to even attempt to stand where I was. But I had to hold my tongue, keep my cool, smile and walk up with my chin up high. This display of power may not get me the job right then and there like in the movies, but it insured that my name wouldn't be slandered and I wouldn't be black listed.
          Now, that was only one example of the stuff we actors have to go through. There are so many more things like having casting agents throw your $300 headshot right in front of you, or having them say, "Thanks, but no thanks." As soon as you walk into an audition room, or even having certain agencies deny you representation just because they don't like you... Just to name a few. If I didn't have the power I do, I would have never been in multiple Orange County PASs, or a nationally broadcaster television show.
          Of course, this power didn't just come to me. I believe that God and my mother( read Throwback Thursday) have both had a substantial impact on my will. I thank each of them daily, and I will continue to thank them for the rest of eternity.
          Well, its getting late and I have to get some practice in. Goodnight guys, thanks for reading.