A lawyer is one of those careers that people suggest you get after because you’ll be certain to make good money, and you’ll always be in for a job. One such job that doesn’t have that security is an actor. The statistics that show how many actors actually find work is pretty grim to look at. It obviously depends on where the actor lives and what industry they’re acting in, but there are so many factors that decided whether or not an actor will land a job.

Often it has little to do with their actual talent level and is heavily based on who the actor knows or what they look like, and if they physically fit the characteristics defined by the casting agents and producers of television and film. With this being said, it’s often a case of look luck, persistence and or connections that get the big time actors in Hollywood where they are. [Read more…]