Wanting to be an actor and giving up
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Wanting to be an actor and giving up I'm 25, since the age of 9 I wanted to be a professional actor. Thing is I have a severe stutter blocks and all. I manage to control my stutter when I act. I auditioned 6 times no problem even got accepted to drama school, yet didn't attend. I've been told I'm very talented and extremely good material. At the same time, I've been told actor need to be able to do other stuff as well, which I'm not capable of doing eg interviews. Yet, the things is I'm not sure about myself anymore. Stuttering is neurological. I basically have a neurological problem. I can't guarantee I won't stutter when on stage and this gives me anxiety right now thinking about it. I've been doing mainly monologues and improv. But acting is dialogues. In that fast exchange of lines, I could get stuck and ruin everything without it being my fault. I don't know. Even if I decided to do Television, would the director be patient with me if I did stutter? And we had to retake everything? This has sort of shattered the dream. I'm thinking maybe just getting the drama studies without excepting to become an actor, since anytime I've had classess and because of the constant speaking my speech and confidence improved. But I don't know like I cried all say today yet maybe I should be realistic. Then there is this tyrannizing hope that maybe I could do this afterall but realistically I don't think that is the case. Stuttering is neurological and I won't be always able to control it. I'm thinking of doing something else with my life but I don't know what. And everything needs fluent speech, obviously not as much as acting but still, how don't I let this get to me? I feel a bit trapped.