How to become an Actor - Adam Pringle

I am interviewing Adam who is a Girvan Academy graduate who found his love in performing arts at an earlier age and started to pursue it at a performance level with some help from his mentors. Adam lists his mentors who helped him when he was growing up and what role each mentor played. Adam and I discuss that finding a mentor in your chosen field is easy when you have the mentor mindset!! He explains the culture shock he felt when he moved from Girvan to London and all the challenges it brought with it when he started studying performing at university. “It is a very supportive industry” -Adam Pringle. He explains the acting industry is quite helpful and supportive of each other especially in times of uncertainty. The mentorship within the acting industry has left an ever-lasting impact on Adam’s life as they provide invaluable advice and feedback. Opportunities in the acting industry are spontaneous and being optimistic is useful in these situations. Adam himself tells us of the opportunity he accepted which appeared out of the blue as a vocalist with an Irish dancing tour across Russia and Europe (10:20). He also pointed out no job will be the same and there are 1000s of different opportunities so it will never gets boring. Auditions are tough and rejection is part of life but being resilient and having mentors can identify your mistakes and improve on your performance (12:30). His advice to young performers is “To do it”, audition for the roles you are interested it. Learn and research about local opportunities and participate in the foundation classes to kickstart your career (15:30). Even as a professional actor Adam feels he still has to explore many more opportunities before he can celebrate. “Everyone is running their own race” -Adam Pringle.