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How to become famous? I'm motivated I just need direction
19/f
New York
First of all thank you for taking the time to read this. I almost vision myself being famous. I want to use the money I'm famous with and help other unfortunate people. I just feel in life all I want to do is help people, i'm not so sure a school counselor is going to cut it. I can't really sing well, and I have never taken dance lessons but I obviously can dance. I don't know if this is just a hopeless dream of mine, but for some reason I just see myself famous. It's just I don't know what for. NOT to boast, but i'm small (4'11") and I have a unique cute face. But you don't become famous for being cute and having a great personality do you? I am popular around my towns, just not NICKI MINAJ or like DRAKE. I live in New York so I wonder if Webster Hall would have any opportunites for me. If anyone has any ideas or anything i'd be sure willing to read a lot.
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Your question is so open-ended I can't really give you a specific answer. But stay with me a minute and we'll have a chat about something that you might not be aware of and some might not want to admit. One sees girls in regular jobs who, given the touch of a professional make-up artist and studio lighting could look the equal of any model. There are amateur photographers out there whose technical skills, timing and composition are nothing short of brilliant. They could come back with any of the shots a pro does, and better. What does a TV chat show host actually do? What would you say were his or her actual talents? Couldn't many a so-so actor be an 'acting genius' if he was given the scripts a big name is given? There are endless examples, but let's stop and draw some sort of conclusions. If it's not actually anything to do with being 'the best', then what is the key to success? In most cases it's about marketing, or in other words SELLING YOURSELF. It's probable that the guy who made himself a successful photographer would have become a successful nightclub owner if that is what he'd set out to do. He'd find a niche and fill it. Weigh-up the opposition. Find an 'edge' for his own product or service, real or perceived. Find out what the paying punters want and give it to them. It's not, when it comes down to it much about what YOU want. The man that pays the piper gets to call the tune. That 'man' is your customer, your audience. Always been like that, always will be. I don't know what your target is...you don't yourself. So I'd suggest putting the cart in front of the horse, as it were. Find out what sells and make your face fit the frame. Good luck!
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If you don't have an actual talent at a level that would get you recognized --which, from the sound of things, you don't-- I guess your best bet would be YouTube. Putting out a funny video or starting a unique channel can earn you viewers, subscribers, then more, depending on the quality of your channel. Lots of people are "famous" on YouTube, even ones without a particular conventional "talent". Some, for example, are beauty gurus. They review makeup, haul some, and create tutorials. Little by little they gain more recognition.
It seems that a lot of people get famous these days for something as stupid as a dumb reality TV show or a viral internet video. But if you have any integrity I'm sure you'd rather not be famous than be famous for being an idiot. Otherwise, you can get started on that.
I hate to sound harsh, and I don't typically answer questions which will require it, but the key word in that first paragraph was "earn". You have to earn fame. Most people work their asses off for their fame. Do you think you're the only girl in NY to desperately want fame? You're not. You have competition out there, and less than a handful of you will actually make it. If you don't have something that will set you apart from all the rest of them, you're out of luck, as much as I hate to burst your bubble, and you're better off not holding your breath for it.
Honestly, it sounds like you want to be famous for fame's sake, not for the sake of helping others, and quite frankly, simply "wanting" it isn't enough. That, my dear, is more accurate of what people call a "fame whore", and they get absolutely no respect. You can't just expect to be loved and adored and recognized and get paid lots of money if you have NOTHING more to offer than the average person. That's not to say anything particularly bad about you. I don't know you and for all I know, you're probably good at a lot of things, and you're probably even a great person. But that won't get you fame, nor is it necessarily deserving of fame.
If you really wanted to help people, you're better off using your time more wisely pursuing something more practical, like being a school counselor.
However, if it's something you really want to pursue, your first order of business is finding what you even want to be recognized for, but I think you already know that. After all, when you look for "opportunities", what exactly are you expecting? You need to have an idea of what you want to do. Next is to enter competitions for it, meet people with connections, get an agent, etc (again, depending on what that area of specialty is). Furthermore:
1.) Don't expect to be the next Nicki Minaj or Drake. I'm all for "reaching for the stars" but you need to be realistiic sometimes and lower your expectations. Most extraordinarily talented people out there never even see that much fame in their lifetimes.
2.) Don't pay anyone any money. A lot of times with modeling, for example, there are a lot of people who scam hopeful models by setting up fake agency appointments, taking pictures, etc and making the "model" pay, only to never hear from them again. If someone wants to hire you or see what you've got to be a model/actress/etc, THEY are the ones looking for something, not the other way around. Theoretically, you're the one offering them something, so you have no reason to ever pay someone up front. If they ask you to, it's probably a scam.
3.) Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. Ever. Some girls will do anything for fame, be it sell their self-respect of values for a chance at being loved, and it's not worth it. And it certainly won't even get you the kind of fame you're hoping for.
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You actually have to be GOOD at something to be famous..
I act, sing, and dance.
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