Actor Growth

Towards the end of the Insiders Film and TV forum event there was a quick question and answer period. One question was directed at the casting director in regards to actors moving to LA in order to pursue a career in film. First, here is a clip of it(Sorry, was a bit shaky with the camera).

That was an interesting remark I thought about how LA wants to know and look at everyone. As well, I never knew that Cory Monteith in the show Glee sent a video tape to the producers of the show to aid him in getting the part. As you can see, the casting director was expressing that you will be found if you keep at it and don’t necessarily need to move to LA.

The follow up comment is something that I heard a lot of too on how in LA there are just so many actors where what you thought you had was unique in terms of looks and trait may not be the case when you go down there. Essentially, he is trying to reaffirm to the Vancouver talent pool that this is a great place to learn and grow. When the time is right, you will be found.

It’s true in many sense I suppose. At the same time, I have read a lot of stories on how for many Canadian talent people weren’t really getting anything until they packed their bags and went down south. It really is one of those different strokes for different folks scenarios I’d say.

Okay, so if LA is constantly trying to find new talent anywhere does that mean there is a hidden talent scout that I don’t know of who is secretly keeping tabs on me? lol. One thing about moving to the US that I find interesting is that many actors here that I talk to often target New York as their destination whereas in more mainstream conversations like these it always revolves around LA.