Adeline, from Paris just wrote to me asking which cities in the U.S. would I recommend
her visit in order to get acting work.
That is a complicated question. If she is interested in doing TV shows and films,
then Los Angeles is the place to live. For getting work in theater, New York is
number one, and Chicago would be my second choice. I would also
recommend those same cities for commercial modeling work.
If she is just interested in getting started in a smaller market, then there are many
cities that would offer her great opportunities in the commercial field. Some of the
best jobs I have done took place in small markets, in cities such as, Richmond, VA,
Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh, PA, Lancaster, PA, Columbia, SC, Baltimore, MD and
Washington, D.C., to name a few.
If she is interested in making the move to the U.S., then it would be very helpful
to her to have an agent already in place, along with all of her working papers.
Just because you live in a small market, it does not mean that the work you
get can’t be incredible projects and created with some very talented people.
If there are any cities in the U.S. where you have found acting work, let us know in a comment below.