Ms. Wu (no relation to me) is an actress living and working in New York City. She has appeared in films, commercials, plays, and TV shows like Law and Order.
Q1: Did you take any special classes to be an actor/actress?
A1: I went to college to study acting, and got my BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts).
Q2: How long does it take to memorize your lines?
A2: Depends on the script. Shakespeare is much easier to memorize because it has a meter, and often, a rhyme. Contemporary scripts with lot of words like: "um" and "like" and "so" are more difficult to memorize because the thoughts/speeches are more disjointed. Usually you pick up the lines by rehearsing over and over after about 2 weeks.
Q3: Did you act in school?
A3: Of course!
Q4: Do you get calls for different roles or do you send out letters?
A4: I have an agent who calls me for different roles
Q5: Do you have any suggestions for a good acting school or a school that can prepare you for acting?
A5: Go to college. The following schools have great undergraduate programs: SUNY Purchase, North Carolina School of the Arts, Carnegie Melon, Boston University, Cinncinatic Conservatory of Music, Northwestern, Juilliard, Rutgers.
Skip NYU (undergrad) and Columbia. These programs are not respected, and cost way too much, (NYU Graduate Acting program, however, is
highly respected, but I suspect you'll be too young to be thinking about your masters yet).
It is also a good idea to get a solid, regular undergraduate education and then pursue acting later---in your graduate degree. That way you'll have gained the life experience and maturity to really develop your characters and work on your craft in graduate school. Sometimes kids work on acting too soon---before they have enough life experience to understand characters/people/humans. Of course, for some, it is just innate.
Q6: What made you want to be an actor or actress?
A6: It is fun, it is creative, and it is rewarding. that is why I do it.
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