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I have NO talents to put on my acting resume…HELP!?

Okay, so I have some talents, but I feel like I have hardly any on it. I don’t really do any activities aside from act. I used to, but I don’t anymore. Also, I’m not great at any of them. I can do them okay, but not wonderfully…you know? When I was younger I took skating lessons, dance lessons, tennis lessons, baseball. I can do all of these things averagely, except I can’t dance…at all. I’m really bad. Obviously I’m not going to put this on my resume…However, can I put skating, tennis, baseball and art (I’m great at art) on my resume even if I’m not great at all of them? Also, what are some other examples of special skills to put on my resume? It looks so bare right now. Should I split up art into drawing, painting, photography, film making?

Hollister is giving some bad advice. You NEVER put age!

Be creative with your special skills/abilities and of course honest! When I was starting out and meeting with agents, they went straight to the special skills/abilities section and we talked more about those things than anything else on my resume. They even had me demonstrate some. I have “opening a soda can with one hand.” It was close to lunch and the agent asked me to demonstrate.

Also, show that you’re serious by having training from the best. DON’T put John Robert Powers, Barbizon, John Casablancas, IMTA, Proscout, IPOP, etc. You’ll get LAUGHED out especially if you’re working in a major market like LA or NY.

Here’s a link that I made to illustrate what I’m going to talk about:

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RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here’s the standard LA format. In NY, it’s usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):

At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email

Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height
Weight
Hair color
Eye color

Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)

Film
Title/(Lead, supporting, featured)/Director

Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, regular, featured)/Network

Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.

Commericials
ALWAYS put “List available upon request!” Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.

Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA

Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them

DON’T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It’s for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can’t work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.

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