If so, what are those alternatives? I'd like to do some acting but I want to avoid Hollywood as I don't want the stress that comes with Hollywood or the problems that come with fame. I want to do something without ever setting foot in Hollywood. I wouldn't mind working in L.A., but I want to stay away from Hollywood. Can you have an acting career without setting foot in Hollywood? I've heard of actors that have left Hollywood and are doing fine following other career paths.|||You seem to fail to understand what "Hollywood" is. It's not a physical town, it's an industry. Oh, there's a neighborhood named Hollywood, with one remaining studio (Paramount) and some interesting tourist spots such as Grauman's Chinese. But that's not really what people mean when they say "Hollywood". They mean the Los Angeles-based movie industry, and that is spread out across the greater Los Angeles basin. Warner Bros studio, for instance, is in Burbank. Sony/MGM is in Culver City. And filming takes place across the basin, as far south as Long Beach (where CSI:Miami and Dexter are filmed), and as far north as Santa Clarita. All of Los Angeles is Hollywood. You can't say that you wouldn't mind working in L.A. but want to stay away from Hollywood - they are one and the same.|||Good for you! Yes, you can be an actor anywhere where there are theatres, film studios or TV studios.
As long as you have had a good training, ideally at a good drama school, and have lots of experience you should be able to get an agent and therefore auditions.
Most big cities have a lot of acting opportunities, and far less pressure and problems than Hollywood.
Many actors who I know deliberately stay acting on stage in plays rather than getting into TV and film, as they'd hate to be famous. They're doing fine. The money isn't huge, but that's not why they got into acting anyway. They act because they love it.
I really hope you can stay strong and motivated and succeed as an actor!
Good luck!
xx
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