I'm 15 and I know this sounds like a little girl pipe dream, of being famous etc. However it is genuinely something I want to do. I just love the idea of acting for a living. I also enjoy singing, and i'm OK at it, but i'm better at speech in my opinion .
However, I have a few problems which i need help with!
1) I don't know how to get started! I don't even know how I could tell my parents; because i know they'd be dissapointed in me. I'm very academic, so I know I shouldn't do something like acting but i've always loved it.
2) I recently auditioned for my school musical, and out of the 25 people who auditioned, only me and 2 others didn't get ANY part. And without sounding stuck up, i thought i did REALLY well in the audition, when i was doing the lines the director was laughing and smiling and just seemed in to it, where as others who read it blandly didn't get this reaction, but got parts. So i don't know if it's my singing or if i'm actually just bad at acting. It certainly knocked my confidence.
3) I'm ugly. I'm not the worst looking, but i'm not pleasant; and looks are key in achieving most things.
4) I have an accent. I'm scottish, and although i pride myself on easily doing persuasive accents, I feel as if as a girl, a scottish accent would hold me back.