At age 3, my daughter told me she wanted to be on the Disney Channel. Granted, she wanted to be on the Mickey Mouse show and dance with Minnie and Goofy. But she was already asking to be on television and specifically on Disney. Just like my own, your daughter or son may ask you day after day OR month after month how they can appear on the Disney Channel as an…
Child Dreaming of Acting
Tyler Perry Speaks to How to Make A Dream, A Reality – The 2 Secrets to it All
My daughter and I just watched Tyler Perry’s video on Success and Achieving your Dreams. I never knew he was told NO hundreds of times for his first main play he wrote and then heard many Nos beyond that too. Did you? I never knew his real story, and now I do, and we are grateful to take away the below 2 Major Secrets to achieve a dream. Many of us really…
Parents of Child Actors – It’s a Marathon, not a Sprint – Support Your Young Tortoise
Do you know the story of the Tortoise and the Hare? If for some reason you have not heard it, read it first and then come directly back to this post, as the success of your child’s acting journey actually relates to that classic fable. Last week, I was talking to an acting/singing coach who works with a huge amount of talented children and their parents. She was reminding me how important it…
What is Faith? For child actors and parents of actors. Faith is everything.
What is faith really and why is it the true key to your child’s acting success? Why is it crucial you recognize faith within yourself as the parent of a child actor? Why is it crucial you talk about this with your actor? We believe it is these 3 things: Faith is Knowing and Believing. NOT Wondering and Doubting. Faith is being sure of What we Hope For and Certain of…
What should my child actor do in those months or longer in between acting auditions?
Sometimes your child actor may be on what is considered a large roll of acting auditions, one after the next, more than one a week, sometimes days in a row. It may appear to be a fun snowball that your child is gradually pushing up a hill, gathering more and more snow as it goes. The snowball is turning out so very cool, they are loving it. You have no idea when…
3 Famous Adult Actors as Child Actors. Kristen, Ben and Reese. A few common surprises.
What age will your child land their first breakout type role? Good question. Wish I could look into the future and tell you, but that future vision hasn’t been invented yet. What I can tell you, is that in order to land a lead role, they must be in professional acting classes, as all 3 of the below child actors were. They also have to be passionate about acting, and that cannot come…
When you stop caring about all audition results – You will get more roles
This post was inspired by Philip Hernandez, a respected acting teacher and singing coach, who tweeted this inspirational quote below, by Eva Longoria. TY Philip for that inspiration. It speaks to how your child should do their audition and then the minute you walk out, should release it and move on to the next thing ahead. Parents need to do this as well. No dwelling on auditions. It does not help anyone. “After…
Dreams without Goals, Remain Dreams – Denzel Empowering Actors to Succeed
I’ve watched this Denzel video with my daughter, who is a young actress, no less than 10 times. We discuss it together each time, as there are a lot of important messages. Denzel Washington gives his heart here. Watch with your child and empower yourselves. Denzel does mention God in this, which is fine by us. Please note, if you do not believe in God or you believe in another higher power, or…
Inspiring Child Actor Quotes – The Best of the Best – read to be inspired
These are inspiring child actor quotes directly from child actors or written to child actors that inspire our own child actress and us too. This post will be continually updated with our absolute favorites – so bookmark and come back for inspiration for you and your child actor. With our own child actor, oftentimes, we will read a quote from another actor in order to kick off some sides or on the…
3 Main Tips – Child Actor to Adult Actor – with happiness and success
Here are the 3 most important things you need to do to make sure your child is pursuing acting for all of the right reasons and that you, as the parent of the actor, are making sure that their happiness and balance in life, are in check. These are also the things that will help your child actor to adult actor transition in a smooth, happy, successful way. The below 3…
