I am putting together an article that lists famous actors who didn't take any formal training in acting before they ended up acting in films. I have listed 6 actors so far, and I am building up the list one entry per day.
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Today's entry:
When she told him she hadn't understood his question, he asked again, "You're a model, aren't you?" He gave her his business card and requested that she think it over and that if she decides to become a model, she should ask her parents to give him a call.
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51Please have a look. I hope you enjoy reading it. Read the article at [Actors who never went to an acting school](http://sathyaish.net/writing/ActingSchool.aspx)
Today's entry:
When she told him she hadn't understood his question, he asked again, "You're a model, aren't you?" He gave her his business card and requested that she think it over and that if she decides to become a model, she should ask her parents to give him a call.
Read the whole thing at: [Actors who never went to an acting school](http://sathyaish.net/writing/ActingSchool.aspx#cameronDiaz)
Keep watching this article for the next day's entry.
From India, Ghaziabad
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Thank you for the post. Just a small observation. Somebody told me during one of my training programs that I quote everything from a Western point of view, such as authors, videos, and events, etc. From that day onwards, I started exploring Indian equivalents.
Similarly, all your actors are from the West. We do have plenty of actors like Raj Kapoor, Kamal Haasan, Shivaji Ganeshan, Rajinikanth, Sunil Dutt, and many others who never attended any acting schools. The same applies to directors, singers, and so on.
I would suggest that you also explore some Indian counterparts. Perhaps you should be able to link it with its relevance to HR, training, learning, etc. That will be a real challenge for you.
Best wishes.
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Similarly, all your actors are from the West. We do have plenty of actors like Raj Kapoor, Kamal Haasan, Shivaji Ganeshan, Rajinikanth, Sunil Dutt, and many others who never attended any acting schools. The same applies to directors, singers, and so on.
I would suggest that you also explore some Indian counterparts. Perhaps you should be able to link it with its relevance to HR, training, learning, etc. That will be a real challenge for you.
Best wishes.
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Great views, Rakesh. Sadly, what you're saying has very little to do with the profession of acting and more to do with a human instinctual behavior called greed. Every one of us is corruptible, and when we are put in a position of power and wealth, we have a threshold level of resistance towards these tendencies that can be compromised.
Thank you, Mr. Sundaram. I do have a list of Indian actors as well and will be putting them up as well. However, in the Indian context, things change for two reasons:
1) Almost the entire Bollywood film industry never learned acting from anywhere. Those that did go to acting schools like the National School of Drama (NSD) are the exceptions.
2) The technique in Bollywood varies significantly from Hollywood. Hollywood acting requires a lot of preparation, art, skill, and talent. Hollywood scripts get written 2 years to 8 years, sometimes even earlier than the film being shot. Actors are given scripts and signed on months and even years before the filming. They go into year-long sabbaticals to prepare for their roles, etc.
In Bollywood (and I am talking out of experience, I am an actor and have done a fair bit of work here or there and am shooting for my first Bollywood film in December this year), most actors are called on the spot and asked to just do the thing they are supposed to do without being told about the story or sometimes even the context. It is more like "imitation" than acting.
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Thank you, Mr. Sundaram. I do have a list of Indian actors as well and will be putting them up as well. However, in the Indian context, things change for two reasons:
1) Almost the entire Bollywood film industry never learned acting from anywhere. Those that did go to acting schools like the National School of Drama (NSD) are the exceptions.
2) The technique in Bollywood varies significantly from Hollywood. Hollywood acting requires a lot of preparation, art, skill, and talent. Hollywood scripts get written 2 years to 8 years, sometimes even earlier than the film being shot. Actors are given scripts and signed on months and even years before the filming. They go into year-long sabbaticals to prepare for their roles, etc.
In Bollywood (and I am talking out of experience, I am an actor and have done a fair bit of work here or there and am shooting for my first Bollywood film in December this year), most actors are called on the spot and asked to just do the thing they are supposed to do without being told about the story or sometimes even the context. It is more like "imitation" than acting.
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This is a unique post that Satyaish has made. If I may add, Amitabh Bachchan, during his time, there were three gold medalists from the Pune Institute, which is the premier institute for films in India - Vijay Arora, Anil Dhawan, and Navin Nischal. None of the three could make any significant headway, but Bachchan rose to be the Superstar of the Millennium and is still going strong. Subhash Ghai was also from the Pune Institute as an actor but became successful as a producer/director, which was his true working identity. There is a book by a vocational psychologist by the name "Working Identity." Bachchan himself said, "The secret of success lies in knowing what you want to do correctly at an early stage."
There are also several business examples who never went to Business school or dropped out - Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Dhirubhai Ambani, Sunil Mittal, etc. Though neither Bill Gates nor Jack Welch is an MBA, both have employed them on a grand scale. I once witnessed how the chairman gave six promotions to a promising individual in one year whereas three others from the same MBA institute got only one promotion. Success in practical life is more dependent on innate attributes apart from intelligence - emotional intelligence, personality traits, adaptability, and being the right person at the right place at the right time. The last is a little dicey, but the others can be detected more by training than by teaching, which only tests analytical ability, which is only one component of the overall managerial ability. Marcus Buckingham has also used the examples of actors to explain misfit in business roles - Paul Newman and Robert Redford had started shooting for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" but reversed roles when they were not fitting, and the movie was successful. Many well-qualified people prove to be misfits in real life in the actual situation, which is why there are sites like Career Change Advice - Get A New Career You Love | Careershifters.org. Only trainers can prevent and rectify such situations and lead to productivity and happiness in individuals and organizations.
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There are also several business examples who never went to Business school or dropped out - Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Dhirubhai Ambani, Sunil Mittal, etc. Though neither Bill Gates nor Jack Welch is an MBA, both have employed them on a grand scale. I once witnessed how the chairman gave six promotions to a promising individual in one year whereas three others from the same MBA institute got only one promotion. Success in practical life is more dependent on innate attributes apart from intelligence - emotional intelligence, personality traits, adaptability, and being the right person at the right place at the right time. The last is a little dicey, but the others can be detected more by training than by teaching, which only tests analytical ability, which is only one component of the overall managerial ability. Marcus Buckingham has also used the examples of actors to explain misfit in business roles - Paul Newman and Robert Redford had started shooting for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" but reversed roles when they were not fitting, and the movie was successful. Many well-qualified people prove to be misfits in real life in the actual situation, which is why there are sites like Career Change Advice - Get A New Career You Love | Careershifters.org. Only trainers can prevent and rectify such situations and lead to productivity and happiness in individuals and organizations.
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Liked the concept of "Working identity".
I think some part of it is an art which you are either born with or not. The other part is technique, which you can obviously learn in school or through experience.
It's an age-old debate - you will see hugely successful actors (businessmen) who never went to acting schools (B-schools) and vice versa. Unfortunately, it never concludes.
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I think some part of it is an art which you are either born with or not. The other part is technique, which you can obviously learn in school or through experience.
It's an age-old debate - you will see hugely successful actors (businessmen) who never went to acting schools (B-schools) and vice versa. Unfortunately, it never concludes.
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Wonderful ideas, Hiren50. I am going to link to your post at the bottom of that article on my website when I have completed this article with about 25 odd entries that I've planned for. This should take about 2 months' time.
Thank you very much for sharing your ideas.
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Thank you very much for sharing your ideas.
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Here's another actor added into this list. The first film that she auditioned for was "Endless Love." She didn't get the part; it went to Brooke Shields. By 1981-82, her acting career began to heat up, and people started recognizing her.
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Here's another actor added to the list of famous actors who never went to an acting school. You'll be surprised at this one and the many more yet to come. Keep reading...
His mother remarried, and during this time that Tom was in New York, his stepfather gave him $900 to help him out while Tom waited tables and did other odd jobs while also auditioning regularly for parts, both big and small. Within 6 months, he landed himself a movie called Taps. Initially, he had only 3 lines in the movie, but they liked him so much that they kept increasing his part. He is the first actor ever whose 5 movies in a row grossed more than $100 million each. By the 1990s, he was one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
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His mother remarried, and during this time that Tom was in New York, his stepfather gave him $900 to help him out while Tom waited tables and did other odd jobs while also auditioning regularly for parts, both big and small. Within 6 months, he landed himself a movie called Taps. Initially, he had only 3 lines in the movie, but they liked him so much that they kept increasing his part. He is the first actor ever whose 5 movies in a row grossed more than $100 million each. By the 1990s, he was one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
Read the whole thing at Famous Actors Who Never Went to an Acting School.
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Here's another addition to the list:
Their new condition forced all of them to work as security guards and janitors at Titan Wheels, a local tire factory in Scarborough, a grimly industrial area of Toronto. He was, until then, a straight-A student. On his 16th birthday, he dropped out of school to work full-time and support his family. Gulping together the salival bitterness of a battered pride and smiting grief, his father took him to a local comedy club to perform as a stand-up comic. His career had many ups and downs, and he lost several roles along the way. His story would probably make for a good 2-hour talk. He went through severe depression in the 1980s.
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Their new condition forced all of them to work as security guards and janitors at Titan Wheels, a local tire factory in Scarborough, a grimly industrial area of Toronto. He was, until then, a straight-A student. On his 16th birthday, he dropped out of school to work full-time and support his family. Gulping together the salival bitterness of a battered pride and smiting grief, his father took him to a local comedy club to perform as a stand-up comic. His career had many ups and downs, and he lost several roles along the way. His story would probably make for a good 2-hour talk. He went through severe depression in the 1980s.
Read the whole thing at Famous Actors Who Never Went to an Acting School
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