As an actor, you’re probably brilliant at making up stories. In fact, you may be so good at it that it’s actually killing your career. “But aren’t we supposed to use our imagination and bring stories to life?” Yes. Of course you are...onstage or in front of a camera, not in your life. Here’s a great example: You’re in the room and you’ve just given what you thought was a great audition. You’re feeling really good about it and then you get the dreaded, “Thank you” from behind

Sounds a little redundant, don’t you think? I mean, if you don’t know what to do, then you don’t know what to do, right? As an actor, I think it’s easy to feel that way a lot of the time… wondering what to do next. Hoping something will happen, but not really trusting that it will. So it’s easy to feel like if you don’t know what to do, then you don’t know what to do. Period. But I think that way of thinking is the exact reason why you feel trapped or stuck or in wonderment.

Saying you're quitting show business is like saying "I'm never eating pizza again." Actors say it all the time but somehow it keeps reeling you back in. But what happens when you hit a point in your career where it really might be time to leave? Leslie Becker give you six things to think about before taking the leap.

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“I just love when people outside of the business give me unsolicited advice,” said no actor ever! I mean... think about it. Nobody likes to get advice from Aunt Betty on how to be an actor, especially if all she has done is sing in the church choir. Let’s face it, as actors, sometimes getting advice is annoying because it feels like “people just don’t understand the life of an artist” or, worst yet, “people don’t understand me.” Taking advice from outside sources can SEEM poi