<p>So don’t tell the agent you are just taking a “gap” year. Tell the agent you want a career as an actor, and are going to devote your life to that goal (that’s true, isn’t it?).</p>
<p>Yes, you will see the negative side of being an actor. But you will have to see that some day anyway. I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to know about it right away.</p>
<p>There are people who became very succesful actors when they were even younger than you are.</p>
<p>It is very likely that you will fail. But maybe you will be one of the small number who succeed. If you don’t even try, then you definitely WON’T succeed.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>