Ask Judith: Submission #25

Submission Number: 25
Submission ID: 109
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Submission URI: /web/ask-judith

Created: Wed, 07/19/2023 - 09:32 AM
Completed: Wed, 07/19/2023 - 09:32 AM
Changed: Tue, 12/26/2023 - 12:58 PM

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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

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Name Giulia
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Question Dear Judith,

I'm writing to you for an advice and I hope I am not bothering you.
I am a 23-year-old woman from Italy who is studying computer science, and I will attend weekly screen acting and theatre classes from September here in Italy (as well as some English advanced courses).

I feel so embarrassed and ridicolous for not putting 100% into acting and for saying to you that I want to be an actress while I am dedicating myself to a degree in something else, but my financial situation, my age, my health issues and my nationality have been and are a burden to me, and I feel that degree could help me somehow to pay the bills and pay for some acting classes as well.

I don't seek fame, neither I seek success, but when I read books about acting, when I read plays and watch movies, when I act in my mind (so much that for some time I forget I am alone in my room or in the kitchen) I can't imagine myself doing anything else in my life.
However, I was not and I am not lucky enough to have the possibility to attend a UK Drama School or a serious, famous Academy or something like that, and I will never be. I feel lost, and late.

You are truly an expert, and I admire you: do you think that everything is truly lost for me? Am I too old to become an actress abroad (I wish to act in English) and make acting part of my life, considering my age and my nationality? Is there a way for me to become an actress if I cannot attend a formal and famous Drama School?
What advice would you give me?

Thank you for your time and patience, Judith, and apologies for my messy message.

Best regards,
Giulia
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