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Free guide for young actors and their parents

If Your Kid Wants to Be an Actor,Read This First.

Sofia Wylie asked me for a top ten list to share with her fans. This is what I told her.

Her book never came out, so nobody has read them.

Matthew Dearing

Matthew DearingFounder, Dearing Acting Studio. Coaching actors in Phoenix since 2007.

Matthew Dearing, founder of Dearing Acting Studio

Matthew DearingFounder, Dearing Acting Studio. Coaching actors in Phoenix since 2007.

Sofia Wylie at Dearing Acting Studio
“Thank you Matt for being there to give me guidance and opening my eyes to how much more I can learn to be a better actress.”
Sofia WylieSofia Wylie

Sofia trained with Matthew Dearing at Dearing Acting Studio in Phoenix for two years, between starring in Andi Mack and landing her lead role in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

A few things inside
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Don't sugar coat the truth for your kids.

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The photo you see on social media is the end of years of work.

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The goal is not to land a good acting job. It is to get good at landing them.

Those are three of the ten.

Acting Is My Day Job by Matthew Dearing

The longer version

Acting Is My Day Job

Seven strategies to market and make money as an actor, published in 2019. The ten things in this guide are the short form. The book is where the work is.

Find it on Amazon

Parents, this one is for you.

Four of the ten are addressed to you, and not one of them is about talent.

  1. What honest feedback actually sounds like, and why it is the kinder thing
  2. How to spot the contest or the agency that is too good to be true
  3. Whether your family should move, and what to be honest about first
  4. What it costs a household when a young actor has no reason of their own

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