Modeling vs. Acting: Don’t cut your career short.
Models sometimes have disdain for the acting venue. The models view acting as something that must require years of experience and lots of acting classes. This is far from the truth. The inability to get on stage could hamper your future efforts in your modeling career.
Many successful models have moved onto the stage because they know that their modeling careers will be over when they turn thirty. With the young age of models, ranging from 16 to 20, an older model simply will not have the same opportunities. The work and the pay slowly dwindle the older you get.
Getting on stage is a much better opportunity for many models who are over 20 years of age. Acting doesn’t require a certain age level and can be a viable career choice for years. Attractive models have a distinct advantage because the camera and their audiences love beautiful woman.
Learning about acting is more to do with practice and experience than it does with classes. A person who engages in any theater, commercial, or video production will gain the experience they need. As an attractive person you will have plenty of opportunities as extras, small productions, and spokesperson.
Acting does require the ability to express oneself in a particular manner even if he or she doesn’t have these feelings on the inside. Most female models do have this ability as they have dealt with the outside world. It is more of a question of harnessing these feelings then actually learning them.
It is also important to consider the amount of work available for actors and the amount of work available for models. Acting work is much more prevalent than modeling work. Acting might have a ratio to modeling of 5/2. This means that actors are much more likely to find meaningful work.
Certainly the goal is not to encourage models to give up their careers. It is to encourage people to expand their career into other venues like acting. We all get older and there is always someone prettier for the world to deal with. Having more skills means you will also have more opportunities.
If you are looking for a wide variety of paid acting opportunities you might want to consider joining MAG Talent Agency at magtalentagency@gmail.com

November 5, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Loved what I read here. This is oh so true. Finally someone who says it like it is.