Volume 1 Issue 1  | The unofficial Eric Alexander fan magazine |15 August l 2000

 

Becoming an actor in Italy - How do you do it ?

	Above: Eric

 Start with a School

I really think that if you're going to be an actor you have to start on the right foot, and that's with a school. Not any school, one with a good name, prestige and a record.

We can sit speaking for hours  about those fantastic alternative courses which reveal to you the mechanisms of letting off energy by running around half-dressed and stamping your feet on the ground, or how, with a stranger, to touch one-another or rub yourselves together in the quest of finding harmony and equilibrium . But in the end the final truth remains,  most directors will only consider working with graduates from a few chosen schools.

If you're lucky and your "bravura" gets you through all the different interviews and tests, you start the courses, which will take up every second of your time.
I've seen a lot of friends assuming an attitude of protest during the courses. I think it's the worst way of living the Dramatic Arts Academy. I say "living" because you really do live it.
There's a long career ahead of you in which you can do things how and why you want to. It's much more fruitful if the process of opposition starts later.
When you live the Academy to the full it's difficult to forget everything you've learned and it all comes in useful in creating your very own, singular, acting life.
Even more,  Academies follow their students  after they have graduated and often bring work to you without asking for a "cut" of your earnings. What could be better than that !

Good luck, or rather, break a leg !
 
 

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