Who can't be an actor?

It turns out that there are a number of factors that forever block the path to the cherished dream for a young man or girl. Basically, these factors are related to the state of health. How is this related? In the most direct way. If a person who dreams of becoming an actor has serious heart problems, then the road to the acting faculty is ordered for him. This is not an accident and not a reinsurance: acting is a constant experience of deep and vivid emotions, it is a game “on the edge”, in a state of nervous tension. It is not difficult to imagine how dangerous such tension is for a sick heart. Unfortunately, tragic cases are known when actors literally died on stage, so they try to avoid such potential situations. For the same reason, applicants with neuralgic and mental illnesses, with problems with blood pressure, etc. will be “rejected”.

The second obstacle to the acting profession is any addiction (gambling addiction, alcoholism, drug addiction). An experienced viewer will surely immediately recall many reverse examples — actors who, despite their addictions, shone on stage or screen, received the titles of “people's” and “honored" and the love of the public. This is true, but recently there has been a tendency to tighten the rules of discipline, since disruptions of filming or performances due to the “problems” of the actor are too expensive for the entire team, both in material terms and in terms of reputational losses.

The third factor is immediately clear: a person with irreversible speech defects cannot be an actor. It is worth emphasizing: it is irreversible. If such a problem is fixable, then everything will depend only on the determination and discipline of the future star. Take, for example, the wonderful comedian Il Oleynikov, known to everyone on the program “Gorodok". When he entered the theater university, according to his own recollections, the entire admissions committee slid under the table with laughter when he, with a strong local accent, and even lisping, began to tell them a fable. The talented young man was still accepted, but with a warning - to solve the problem with speech before the first session.

However, not all defects can be corrected and sometimes even a very talented person should admit defeat. There is no actor without his main tool: speech.

The lack of coordination is another obstacle to the scene. And here the reasons are also clear at once: along with speech, the body is an actor's instrument, and an actor should own it perfectly. In the same row, hearing and vision disorders, and serious ones.

In general, when planning your life path and choosing an acting profession, you need to soberly assess your strength. How healthy are you physically? How able-bodied are you? How hardy are you? The profession of an actor, as you know, is exhausting and exhausting — both physically and psychologically. It is an existence in constant nervous tension, balancing between delight and despair. This is the need to go on stage or shoot even in a painful state: after all, it is not always possible to pick up an understudy, which means that the performance will be canceled, filming will fail, a huge team will be forced to stand idle. If a person, knowing all these nuances, still does not see himself anywhere except in the cinema or theater, then he is a real actor.