:24:04
50,000 people call themselves actors,
and maybe 500 are making a living at it.
:24:09
Most of those do commercials to
pay the rent. The rest wait tables...
:24:13
...clean other people's apartments,
living on welfare and hope.
:24:17
Don't think talent's enough
to get you through.
:24:20
You gotta have a strong technique,
a good agent, and most of all, thick skin.
:24:24
Now you're part of an underprivileged
minority, and you're going to suffer.
:24:29
Pulled tendons, shin splints,
swollen toes, smelly tights....
:24:33
Cattle calls, the humiliation,
the rejection....
:24:36
Melodic dictation theory, keyboard
harmony, piano, piano literature...
:24:42
...music history, orchestration,
conducting, symphonic band....
:24:48
-When do we have lunch?
-Lunch is at 11 :30. One half-hour...
:24:51
-...and then you'll have everything else.
-What's everything else?
:24:55
Biology, chemistry, algebra, English,
French, physics, history, et cetera.
:25:00
Dance is not a way
of getting through school.
:25:03
It's a way of life, plus school.
The school part is easier.
:25:08
So you better like yourself a lot.
Because that's all you got to work with.
:25:12
Use yourself.
Your voice, your experiences.
:25:16
Wanna accumulate some experiences?
I got plenty of experiences to spare.
:25:22
You know what?
I live with two chicks.
:25:26
Dance is the hardest
department in the school.
:25:29
Acting is the hardest
profession in the world.
:25:32
Music is the hardest profession of
them all. Isn't that right, Mrs. Tossoff?
:25:37
Indeed.