Kiwimations So many parents do this...with beauty pageants, sports, college, etc....you name it. Why can't they just let their kids be kids, and make their own choices and decisions about what makes the child (and not Mom or Dad) happy?
I’ve been told to get my daughter into modeling. I asked her and she said “Yuck, no way”. So it was never mentioned again. Parents shouldn’t live vicariously through their children. It’s wrong.
kids's wit is gas! My godchild/niece, who is three and a half lately stayed with her other grandparents for a few days. One day she then said to them "Don't get me wrong, but I think I'll have to go home, my parents are surely missing me already!" :-D
The kid that said they wanted to be an actor because their "mom said so" made me sad :(. Along with the mom that said it's every girls dream to be a model. That's so ignorant and sad for someone to say, let your kid do what they want. And I can assure you not every girl wants to be a model, I for sure don't want to be one
Right? I mean there's nothing wrong with wanting to be a model, but for a parent to be dragging you into it and telling you its what you want at that age... That girl is going to have damage when she's older. I never wanted to model. My mom and older sister did some on tv when I was a kid, I liked helping backstage. When I was a toddler i was backstage at a show my mom did and a male model put me on his shoulders and walked with me (I can only imagine the poor, swooning audience), but I wanted to be a vet. Actually, first I wanted to be a lion. Then I wanted to be a vet.
And in the end when they ask what the boy wants now that he's managed to get through. I reckon the answer would be an ice cream and playing football with his friends
exactly I really want to be a model and I'm eleven and black. I am very tall standing at maybe 5'5 5'6 and i am also very developed for my age. I don't mean to act sexy or older that my age it just happens. Also does everyone else think it it's weird that you have to look younger and shorter than your age to be a child model but you have to be taller than average height to be an adult model?
while I agree with that, I think there's better ways to develop thick skin than flat out telling a minor that their boobs are too big. I'm in the industry (entertainment, not modeling) and how I built my thick skin is getting used to rejection after rejection, being told I wasn't right for this or that, and being told I need to practice more. And I did. I took all the constructive criticism and fed it into each new opportunity and audition. I've gotten to sing solo at Carnegie Hall now and have my eyes set on Broadway. All the people who have ever made it will tell you they've heard more "no"'s than "yes"'s, and that is absolutely true.
Child abuse??? Really? My daughter is gorgeous and knows looks isn't everything. So all the child models and actors you see are abused?? Y'all are some sick individuals. You didn't hear my daughter say cause mommy wants me too. Jealous people.....
Growing up, I always wanted to be on Broadway, and when I went to a audition, I felt like I was the only kid there who ACTUALLY wanted to do this and had to do a million chores and sell buckets worth of Lemonade to convince my parents to let me go. Luckily, I’m in acting school now, but the fact that my first gig was with 7 or 8 year olds who wanted to go and play soccer or/and paint their nails without their mom’s trying to get them to go out and be Kardashian famous, was, and still is, pretty disconcerting. In fact, I have words for it that would not be appropriate to say on this server. Oh, and congrats to people who read this ALL through! Luck sent your way ❤️
This is EXACTLY like the moms in the pageant shows like Toddlers and Tiaras. Its like the woman on here says....Some of the children you can tell are happy and enthusiastic and really want to do it and some are crying and screaming and scared and being FORCED to do it because as that little boy says "MOMMY wants me to" and they would be much happier sitting at home watching Disney movies or playing with their toys, being a normal kid. And the sad thing is, Mom doesn't seem to care whether the child doesn't want to do it.....I have seen moms on Toddlers and Tiaras with screaming, crying kids, who spend literally THOUSANDS of dollars on costumes and makeup and modeling lessons and then FORCE the kids into the hair and makeup and make them to go onstage and then they get mad when their kid doesn't win the crown. Its disgusting in my opinion. Let them be kids.
Casting Agent (to kid): "Are you excited?" Kid: "Uh...umm.." Parent: "He's very excited." Pathetic parents, need to go out and make their own dreams come true.
If the parent wanted to act, they should do it. Not make kid do it if kid is not interested. The children sit around to wait for their part. In the beginning its long hours of auditions, even with an agent, at times. Thee can be a lot of rejection. There's a lot of expenses involved even with the agent paying for certain things. Never pay an agent. Thats a scam. Photographers in NYC are not allowed to be agents. The BBB or Consumer Affairs has a document on legitimate modeling and acting rules.i got it years ago from NYC.
I have a daughter (age 7) and a son (age 6) my daughter loves acting and being in the spotlight and is signed with an agent who are amazing. My son hates anything like that and that’s fine. I would never push my children in to something they don’t want to do. I think it’s more the parents that want the fame and money and that’s just wrong. Any money made from a child doing jobs should be saved for them for when they are older.
Most of the time, kids who rise to fame at a young age can end up going downhill with drugs, because the process turns so overwhelming. Some of these parents are so into themselves THINKING they know what's best for they're children.
Gaming Withjaz not really. Even those who want it can end up doing hardcore drugs simply because they grew up way too quickly, so they want one occasion to rebel and what better way than drugs?
I kinda wonder about that whole drug thing. Because I know of a crapload of non-famous people who have problems with drug addiction. Do actors/actresses really have a higher rate of addiction or is it that they're just in the spotlight so everybody sees?
emely rivera I can't tell you how many times adults tell children that, right down to speech and mannerisms. As a child, I had a vast vocab and could hold a conversation with any adult without sounding childlike, a lady told my mom she should stop training me to be an Einstein and let me play with dolls 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
You mean there are countless people who would love to have a chance to do this but can't and yet there are children there who don't even WANT to be there?!
Yup and there are also kids who want to be there but freeze in front of adult strangers and/or cameras. I did some commercial work in late 80's you'll never find it. and even if do won't know which is me. I look nothing like I did at 3 and 4 in those commericals now a days. I was born blonde. For time I was naturally strawberry blonde then naturally mousey brown. Now hair is dark. I've seen kids in waiting areas telling mom or dad usually mom this is so fun then get to point of talking to adult strangers and be like slient or where ok till camera and be like nope. I've seen mother's telling kid this will be blast. I've always been ADHD though not diagnosed till adult so to me it was blast to meet and play with new ppls my brain didn't think anything of it. For commercials they sorted you into looks and because of commercials having less time for auditions after separated and those who didn't fit told bye they had basic home camera I knew it wasn't on despite what they told us. Then they made sure are heights fit for what they wanted. Then they talked to us behind camera and whoever fit everything and didn't freak got the part. Then a lot if shouting 1-2 weeks later when actually shot commercial. Sometimes at 3-4 I was to short for commercial as got older they didn't like my hair color. Commercials are more diverse now
This is very interesting to see. When I was little, I BEGGED my mother to take me to casting calls and we never went. As I grew older, I understood why... I’ve known about drug issues and sexual abuse scandals, but I’ve never seen kids say they want to do something because “mommy said so”. That’s very startling. I was always under the impression that child actors were the ones who begged their parents to be a part of TV. Now, years later, I am entering 8th year of teaching and I can’t imagine putting any of my kids under this much pressure, whether they initially asked to be on TV or not.
I am sorry to disagree with you... My daughter started when she was 4 years old... Did I make her? ...NO... I gave her a chance (if she wanted to act)... The reason I put her into acting classes at the age of 4 is because I already KNEW that they would "HELP" her grow, learn and have fun doing just that... so much so she SKIPPED the first grade... Now my daughter is 28 years old... still acting and I'm an Acting Teacher. I do agree with parents that NO parent should make a child take acting lessons or do acting if they don't want to... but in the last 24 years I have never seen anything WRONG with any of the students I have been around. Drugs? That is up to the individual student... I do NOT like it when people say acting leads to drugs and drinking anymore than sports do the same thing... it is up to the Child... and their choices later on. I am also a Licenced School Teacher and I am going to reopen my Acting Studio so students can also have a positive outlet instead of going to TOC or JCC... I don't know where people seem to think this is a lot of Pressure, although there is a lot of work... A GOOD Acting Coach or Acting Director TEACHES the student to be prepared... and it's a lot of fun. Acting isn't for everyone... but I would say, let the student go to a Acting Camp or an Acting Class for a couple of weeks... it is a lot of fun.. and they LEARN how to deal with life later on too!
What's also kind of sad is that many of the answers are simply "to be famous". It is like instilling in their minds that the only way to be truly valued and important in life is to be rich and crazy popular (Any other option apparently is a "sucky life") even dismissing the actual professions that are modelling and acting, whether those are your real dreams or not.
They did not show his full audition. He was able to show the emotions they wanted. Those are huge, as a actor photographer,I have had many of my actors cast off their emotion faces: fear, surprise, crying, etc. Many kids I work with are not able to do that. So we have to train them.
I would love to get my future children into acting and stuff but I would never force them to do anything or try to manipulate their minds into doing anything. Also Victoria’s Secret? Seriously?!
I like to act to explore my emotions. I have BPD drama therapy really helps me. There is alot of jobs for acting therapist these days. It's a growing market and obviously easier to get work. You can do a 12 month course to become one. Acting is a saviour for people like me that gave emotional issues.
These kids are too young to know what they want. Sad to say, they're too young to know what a model is, or the cruelty that comes with it. They're like 6!!
I'm not hating, but if the kids don't know "I think..." then they shouldn't do it. If they want it for fame, they aren't going for the right reason, a manager will not accept someone who wants fame because it sounds armature and managers only want professionals or someone who has a professional personality. Parents shouldn't force their children into Entertainment because if they child doesn't want to do it or doesn't know yet, they won't work as hard
Just my personal experience. My son was scouted by an important kids model/actor agency in Paris when he was the same age. Of course, it’s difficult to refuse. If I may say, he looked right what the model industry was looking for, meaning he was called few times per week and had Advertising contracts ( sadly, signing with an agency doesn’t garantie you to be called often). Sometimes, I had to decline some castings just because he didn’t want to go or wanted to play at the park. It’s not uncommon to wait 1 or 2+ hrs for 5 min casting. This stressful for everybody and of course, kids refuse to cooperate sometimes. Some parents dreams are not the child’s ones. My son’s agency is very human and respects the children ( I’m not a fan of these agents in the video). In France, when a model/actor child earns money, it is legally blocked on a special account till the child is 18. Parents can’t take the money. If you read my comment and you are a parent of a model to be, please understand that if a casting declines your child is not personal. They don’t decide alone (Ad and movie directors have to agree as well). They have specific criteria, doesn’t mean your child is not cute or didn’t do his/her best in front the camera. Don’t become bitter.
In my case it is not. I always asked my son before if he wanted to go to an audition. If he says no, well I say no to the agent. Simply like that. If an audition takes too much time, or he doesn’t feel it and he said: ‘mum i’m tired, let’s go’ then we go. I always gave him the choice. Abusing parents don’t.
Mia Donahue He is actually a happy kid who enjoys his childhood and his experience as model because nobody makes this experience a traumatized one. It was not unusual he was making laugh everybody at the shooting. There is a just balance to everything. Thank you for sharing your opinion.
I'm a mom to a child who wants to do theatre, they do not let mom's in during the audition. I totally understand why but totally understand how easy it would be for kids to be taken advantage of as well.
@Zachary Sanders its not like everything is about you or your sisters modelling dream or your moms support why the hell did you responded to every comment
This is just moms making kids achieve their failed dreams for them. It should be only the kids who choose this. Not the parents. When a question is given to one of the kids, the mom fills in the blank. That is wrong and children should say what they want about something they feel.
"every girl's dream is to be a model" never was mine. my parents were actually approached and asked if they wanted to get me into modeling, by people who had a few connections (no one famous, more I know someone that knows someone) They looked at eachother then back at the lady and said no. they know i would be miserable after a few days.
dolan twins fan edits casting calls suck if you don’t go to like top level ones but top level ones suck because the people who offer the contracts make it so awkward XD
dolan twins fan edits me too I would hate for someone to get the part and not want to do it and the people who do don't get the parts like seriously they should ask first if they want to do it
I took my own daughter to a model call when she was about 9 years of age. We made it to the second round where we had to go to a city a few hundred miles away to meet the model agencies and do modeling so they could see if she really had it. i knew before they got to her that she had it. I let her chose if she wanted to do this or not and also the expenses of going made the choice for us. I am glad that she said she did not care if she did it. It was just the principle to see if she had what they were looking for.
When I was 5 years old I danced in a talent show (I was too young to even realize it was a contest) and afterward a talent scout came up to my mom and wanted to train me in more dance, modeling, singing, take me all over to perform and perhaps become famous. I'm so glad my mom said "No. she enjoys this but I also want her to just be a little girl."
When I was around 7 an agent approached my dad at the local mall for modelling opportunities. He turned it down, saying that I was already pre-occupied with other activities (which was true). Thank goodness he did.
The casting call scene in Bruno was one of the funniest, yet most uncomfortable things I have seen. I hope all of the parents who featured in that scene no longer have custody of their children.
Parents who push their kids to become famous against their child's wishes should have child services involvement is not fair on their child every child should have a childhood not a childhood of auditions and screen tests
The thing is I wish I had those parents because my parents won’t take me to casting calls or hire agents or anything like that and I have wanted it my whole life
Reporter:what do you want to be when you grow up Kid: a actor Reporter: why Kid: because mommy says so Yeah I'm sure that kid is going to really independent 😕😒🙇
Failed at acting parents, wanting to make their dreams come true, through their children - whether the kids want it or not! It's pretty sad and controlling!
Angel Sanders I don't think they're saying everything about this is wrong, just the parents who are forcing their children into this. Fame isn't necessary, and if the child doesn't want it, the parents shouldn't force that on them.
my mom did this craziness to my little sister -_- she went with it, but tbh i could see the stress it put on her. and most of the time this trash is just a scam, and u realize you put hours if not days of your time, waiting in lines, auditioning, and putting yourself through classes just to have thousands of dollars scammed out of you without any hope for a REAL casting call.
It's sad. People who don't want to do something always have the required resources or more to go it, but if they want to do it, they can't afford the resources.
Seeing kids become actor makes me feel like I'm the most unlucky kid in the world because when I tell my mom I want to be a child voice actor, my mom punished me so hard. I am so unlucky....
Kids who have supreme talents always make themselves known... 99% of these kids are going to never go anywhere in the industry. It has to be natural and not forced
It’s ridiculous that these parents make their kids do this. No wonder they act out and not want to do what the directors asks them to do. If the kids want to that’s great. But if the parents are making them, that’s very sad. Just like Jennette McCurdy’s mom. She made her go into acting. She never wanted to. She only did it to make her mom happy. Which is absolutely very sad and sickening.
My friends dad is a director, he once told me that being a child actor is pretty bad. He told me to wait till o was eighteen or so to start in the industry
it's a harsh business but if it's what u want, go for it! I wanted to be a movie/Tv actress for a while but now i want to do theatre and musical theatre, now I've been in 3 musicals and i have an audition soon!
predators and prey. now they're going to exploit the next round of kids until they're innocence is lost. oh, and we're gonna need to process a small amount of paperwork and head shots so that'll be 189.00, but it's normally like thousands so it's a good deal cuz YOUR kid really has it! Oh, and if you want an agent we need a monthly agent fee of 99.00 until your special little victim, ehhem, i mean star, has his first role. Thousands of dollars and a contract to stay hush hush later, kid ends up traumatized.
How about not!! You want your child to be exploited, and fucked by hollywood elites and casting agents and designers...you are a crazy lady...you should let him be a child. Hollywood is no place for a young child all of them have been exploited. He should make that decision when he is older past 17 and 18 years old...and older.
God I hate this industry. Even if kids want to do this, they’re still too young to comprehend what they’re getting into. Let kids enjoy their childhood
These parents...wth.If your kid wants to be in it,let them do it.If they don't,don't force them bc they would earn more money.It's like forcing a 5 year old on a diet to where they are too skinny that their bones pop out.
After i had my daughter, everyone told me that i should put her in modeling because of her unique look and her big personality I’ve thought it about it many of times but i don’t have the money to get her headshots . She’s 5 now i think i might look into it .
I guess if the kids want it it's fine, but if it's the parent who wants it, it's just not right.
Oh
I totally agree!
Thats trueeeeee its nottt righttt!!!!!
Kiwimations So many parents do this...with beauty pageants, sports, college, etc....you name it. Why can't they just let their kids be kids, and make their own choices and decisions about what makes the child (and not Mom or Dad) happy?
@@VintageRose75, agreed. These parents are like those parents from that (unnamed) place that has 1+ billion people.
Kid: "I want to be an actor!"
Reporter: "Why?"
Kid: "Because my mom says!"
Kaila W that was sad...
Yeah and the other one before him. "I think I want to be a model???"
Right omg, so sad..... thats the kind of person who shouldnt be aloud to have children..... they're just trying to live through their kids.
lol poor kid
Kaila W
No but that money is worth making your kid do something that they don’t understand anything about
I’ve been told to get my daughter into modeling. I asked her and she said “Yuck, no way”. So it was never mentioned again. Parents shouldn’t live vicariously through their children. It’s wrong.
Zachary Sanders who is Raycheal?
where did you get those big blue eyes from?
"I got them from my house"
dead 😂😂
Ikr
kids's wit is gas! My godchild/niece, who is three and a half lately stayed with her other grandparents for a few days. One day she then said to them "Don't get me wrong, but I think I'll have to go home, my parents are surely missing me already!" :-D
Xoxo Coco that’s where I got mine lol 😂
She killed me hen she said that 😂😂
LOL
The kid that said they wanted to be an actor because their "mom said so" made me sad :(. Along with the mom that said it's every girls dream to be a model. That's so ignorant and sad for someone to say, let your kid do what they want. And I can assure you not every girl wants to be a model, I for sure don't want to be one
Right? I mean there's nothing wrong with wanting to be a model, but for a parent to be dragging you into it and telling you its what you want at that age... That girl is going to have damage when she's older.
I never wanted to model. My mom and older sister did some on tv when I was a kid, I liked helping backstage. When I was a toddler i was backstage at a show my mom did and a male model put me on his shoulders and walked with me (I can only imagine the poor, swooning audience), but I wanted to be a vet.
Actually, first I wanted to be a lion. Then I wanted to be a vet.
I don’t want to be a model and never have.
... Now that I think about it, I had about enough chance of being a lion.
And in the end when they ask what the boy wants now that he's managed to get through. I reckon the answer would be an ice cream and playing football with his friends
Danny30011980 I'd bet he's not allowed. "Ice cream makes you fat! No one will hire you!" And "No football, what about your precious face!?"
"She's too developed for her age" gee that's a bit harsh to say about a minor, but I guess that's showbiz for ya...
exactly I really want to be a model and I'm eleven and black. I am very tall standing at maybe 5'5 5'6 and i am also very developed for my age. I don't mean to act sexy or older that my age it just happens. Also does everyone else think it it's weird that you have to look younger and shorter than your age to be a child model but you have to be taller than average height to be an adult model?
DoctorWhoBAMF yep you have to be tough thick skin is something you need to have to make it
while I agree with that, I think there's better ways to develop thick skin than flat out telling a minor that their boobs are too big. I'm in the industry (entertainment, not modeling) and how I built my thick skin is getting used to rejection after rejection, being told I wasn't right for this or that, and being told I need to practice more. And I did. I took all the constructive criticism and fed it into each new opportunity and audition. I've gotten to sing solo at Carnegie Hall now and have my eyes set on Broadway. All the people who have ever made it will tell you they've heard more "no"'s than "yes"'s, and that is absolutely true.
DoctorWhoBAMF agreed
Its My World dang im 12 and I’m still like 5’0
why would a mother want her or child to be almost a Victoria's Secret model there like 5-10 year's old omfg are generation is messed up
In a way, this is child abuse
Barbarita Christel true
When she grows up you pervert!
Child abuse??? Really? My daughter is gorgeous and knows looks isn't everything. So all the child models and actors you see are abused?? Y'all are some sick individuals. You didn't hear my daughter say cause mommy wants me too. Jealous people.....
Also, get an education, like my child does and learn to spell!
“ where’d you get those big beautiful eyes from “
“ I got them from my house “ 😭💀 cuteeeee
Or she really did get them from her house (contacts)
"Every girls dream is to be a model" Me: Nah I just wanna eat pizza man 😂
Same!!
OfficiallyNats 😂😂
OfficiallyNats sammmeeee
I'm in love!
right.
Ur very right.
Growing up, I always wanted to be on Broadway, and when I went to a audition, I felt like I was the only kid there who ACTUALLY wanted to do this and had to do a million chores and sell buckets worth of Lemonade to convince my parents to let me go. Luckily, I’m in acting school now, but the fact that my first gig was with 7 or 8 year olds who wanted to go and play soccer or/and paint their nails without their mom’s trying to get them to go out and be Kardashian famous, was, and still is, pretty disconcerting. In fact, I have words for it that would not be appropriate to say on this server.
Oh, and congrats to people who read this ALL through! Luck sent your way ❤️
Cutsie Productions hey how do you find out about open casting calls in your local area?
This kind of reminded me of those moms on those pageant shows. Actually, the moms on the pageant shows are worse. 😁😬
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This is EXACTLY like the moms in the pageant shows like Toddlers and Tiaras. Its like the woman on here says....Some of the children you can tell are happy and enthusiastic and really want to do it and some are crying and screaming and scared and being FORCED to do it because as that little boy says "MOMMY wants me to" and they would be much happier sitting at home watching Disney movies or playing with their toys, being a normal kid. And the sad thing is, Mom doesn't seem to care whether the child doesn't want to do it.....I have seen moms on Toddlers and Tiaras with screaming, crying kids, who spend literally THOUSANDS of dollars on costumes and makeup and modeling lessons and then FORCE the kids into the hair and makeup and make them to go onstage and then they get mad when their kid doesn't win the crown. Its disgusting in my opinion. Let them be kids.
"Why do you want to be an actor? - Because my mom says..." That is so wrong I can't even tell you.
"every girl wants to be a model". Nah, I want to be a physicist lmao.
Omg me😂
But i kind of want to be a theoterical physicist but living a "supermodel's life" lol
Follow your dreams!
I think I watched too many Disney movies.
@@twiceislove2897 LITERALLY ME
I want to be a professional soccer player, and if wasn't for my mum, I could at least try to reach my goal.
you want a medal?
It's not about the fame and fortune, but it's about the passion and dedication! 💜
most true thing i have heard all day
Exactly
Casting Agent (to kid): "Are you excited?"
Kid: "Uh...umm.."
Parent: "He's very excited."
Pathetic parents, need to go out and make their own dreams come true.
If the parent wanted to act, they should do it. Not make kid do it if kid is not interested. The children sit around to wait for their part. In the beginning its long hours of auditions, even with an agent, at times. Thee can be a lot of rejection. There's a lot of expenses involved even with the agent paying for certain things.
Never pay an agent. Thats a scam. Photographers in NYC are not allowed to be agents. The BBB or Consumer Affairs has a document on legitimate modeling and acting rules.i got it years ago from NYC.
I have a daughter (age 7) and a son (age 6) my daughter loves acting and being in the spotlight and is signed with an agent who are amazing. My son hates anything like that and that’s fine. I would never push my children in to something they don’t want to do. I think it’s more the parents that want the fame and money and that’s just wrong. Any money made from a child doing jobs should be saved for them for when they are older.
Most of the time, kids who rise to fame at a young age can end up going downhill with drugs, because the process turns so overwhelming. Some of these parents are so into themselves THINKING they know what's best for they're children.
Right!!!
jewishsinger613 it depends if they like it or not
They aren't doing what's best for their kids, they're trying to get easy money off their cute kids. Exploitation
Gaming Withjaz not really. Even those who want it can end up doing hardcore drugs simply because they grew up way too quickly, so they want one occasion to rebel and what better way than drugs?
I kinda wonder about that whole drug thing. Because I know of a crapload of non-famous people who have problems with drug addiction. Do actors/actresses really have a higher rate of addiction or is it that they're just in the spotlight so everybody sees?
Damn "She's To developed for her age." A little harsh...
emely rivera I can't tell you how many times adults tell children that, right down to speech and mannerisms. As a child, I had a vast vocab and could hold a conversation with any adult without sounding childlike, a lady told my mom she should stop training me to be an Einstein and let me play with dolls 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Well it's kind of true...
that's showbiz for ya
emely rivera that’s probably the nicest thing they’ll say in that industry. they judge u on everything lol
cosmiq-空 yeah when i auditioned for matilda she i. was like 8 i was 4’4 and they said i was too tall
I want to go to this agency. My mom says she wants me to be whatever I want to be. As long as I make the right choices
I got them from my house
chantelle strong i died when she said it 😂😂😂
I knew I wanted to be an actor from the age of five. If the kid wants it, that's great. If the parents want it, it's not okay.
Eleanor Smith I mean 10
"That is every little girls dream" Nope. That's mommy's dream that now the kid gets to have shoved on them.
You mean there are countless people who would love to have a chance to do this but can't and yet there are children there who don't even WANT to be there?!
Yup and there are also kids who want to be there but freeze in front of adult strangers and/or cameras. I did some commercial work in late 80's you'll never find it. and even if do won't know which is me. I look nothing like I did at 3 and 4 in those commericals now a days. I was born blonde. For time I was naturally strawberry blonde then naturally mousey brown. Now hair is dark. I've seen kids in waiting areas telling mom or dad usually mom this is so fun then get to point of talking to adult strangers and be like slient or where ok till camera and be like nope. I've seen mother's telling kid this will be blast. I've always been ADHD though not diagnosed till adult so to me it was blast to meet and play with new ppls my brain didn't think anything of it. For commercials they sorted you into looks and because of commercials having less time for auditions after separated and those who didn't fit told bye they had basic home camera I knew it wasn't on despite what they told us. Then they made sure are heights fit for what they wanted. Then they talked to us behind camera and whoever fit everything and didn't freak got the part. Then a lot if shouting 1-2 weeks later when actually shot commercial. Sometimes at 3-4 I was to short for commercial as got older they didn't like my hair color. Commercials are more diverse now
its so funny when they ask the girl "where did you got your beatiful eyes, then the little girl says i got it from my house.😀😀
This is very interesting to see.
When I was little, I BEGGED my mother to take me to casting calls and we never went. As I grew older, I understood why...
I’ve known about drug issues and sexual abuse scandals, but I’ve never seen kids say they want to do something because “mommy said so”.
That’s very startling. I was always under the impression that child actors were the ones who begged their parents to be a part of TV.
Now, years later, I am entering 8th year of teaching and I can’t imagine putting any of my kids under this much pressure, whether they initially asked to be on TV or not.
I am sorry to disagree with you...
My daughter started when she was 4 years old... Did I make her? ...NO... I gave her a chance (if she wanted to act)... The reason I put her into acting classes at the age of 4 is because I already KNEW that they would "HELP" her grow, learn and have fun doing just that... so much so she SKIPPED the first grade...
Now my daughter is 28 years old... still acting and I'm an Acting Teacher.
I do agree with parents that NO parent should make a child take acting lessons or do acting if they don't want to... but in the last 24 years I have never seen anything WRONG with any of the students I have been around.
Drugs? That is up to the individual student...
I do NOT like it when people say acting leads to drugs and drinking anymore than sports do the same thing... it is up to the Child... and their choices later on.
I am also a Licenced School Teacher and I am going to reopen my Acting Studio so students can also have a positive outlet instead of going to TOC or JCC...
I don't know where people seem to think this is a lot of Pressure, although there is a lot of work... A GOOD Acting Coach or Acting Director TEACHES the student to be prepared... and it's a lot of fun.
Acting isn't for everyone... but I would say, let the student go to a Acting Camp or an Acting Class for a couple of weeks... it is a lot of fun.. and they LEARN how to deal with life later on too!
What's also kind of sad is that many of the answers are simply "to be famous". It is like instilling in their minds that the only way to be truly valued and important in life is to be rich and crazy popular (Any other option apparently is a "sucky life") even dismissing the actual professions that are modelling and acting, whether those are your real dreams or not.
Why did zyan get called back?? He clearly had no interest in what he was doing!!
Even the kid who acted in life of pi , he was not interested but he still got the damn role
Relax he's like 5
They did not show his full audition.
He was able to show the emotions they wanted. Those are huge, as a actor photographer,I have had many of my actors cast off their emotion faces: fear, surprise, crying, etc.
Many kids I work with are not able to do that. So we have to train them.
I would love to get my future children into acting and stuff but I would never force them to do anything or try to manipulate their minds into doing anything. Also Victoria’s Secret? Seriously?!
I take acting classes because I love acting not because I want to be famous that would be annoying
Lauren Harrison I want to act and brighten peoples day and I don't want to be judged
All actors and all human beings are judged daily, famous or not. That is something you just gotta accept
i'm also taking classes but i don't want to be famous. just get jobs
I really want to be an actor not to be famous I want to because I love acting. I don’t really want to be famous
I like to act to explore my emotions. I have BPD drama therapy really helps me. There is alot of jobs for acting therapist these days. It's a growing market and obviously easier to get work. You can do a 12 month course to become one.
Acting is a saviour for people like me that gave emotional issues.
I wanted to be an actress and a model so bad when I was little. But we never had the money to do any of that. Those kids are so lucky
These kids are too young to know what they want. Sad to say, they're too young to know what a model is, or the cruelty that comes with it. They're like 6!!
I'm not hating, but if the kids don't know "I think..." then they shouldn't do it. If they want it for fame, they aren't going for the right reason, a manager will not accept someone who wants fame because it sounds armature and managers only want professionals or someone who has a professional personality. Parents shouldn't force their children into Entertainment because if they child doesn't want to do it or doesn't know yet, they won't work as hard
Just my personal experience. My son was scouted by an important kids model/actor agency in Paris when he was the same age. Of course, it’s difficult to refuse. If I may say, he looked right what the model industry was looking for, meaning he was called few times per week and had Advertising contracts ( sadly, signing with an agency doesn’t garantie you to be called often). Sometimes, I had to decline some castings just because he didn’t want to go or wanted to play at the park. It’s not uncommon to wait 1 or 2+ hrs for 5 min casting. This stressful for everybody and of course, kids refuse to cooperate sometimes. Some parents dreams are not the child’s ones. My son’s agency is very human and respects the children ( I’m not a fan of these agents in the video). In France, when a model/actor child earns money, it is legally blocked on a special account till the child is 18. Parents can’t take the money. If you read my comment and you are a parent of a model to be, please understand that if a casting declines your child is not personal. They don’t decide alone (Ad and movie directors have to agree as well). They have specific criteria, doesn’t mean your child is not cute or didn’t do his/her best in front the camera. Don’t become bitter.
In my case it is not.
I always asked my son before if he wanted to go to an audition. If he says no, well I say no to the agent. Simply like that. If an audition takes too much time, or he doesn’t feel it and he said: ‘mum i’m tired, let’s go’ then we go.
I always gave him the choice. Abusing parents don’t.
Mia Donahue He is actually a happy kid who enjoys his childhood and his experience as model because nobody makes this experience a traumatized one. It was not unusual he was making laugh everybody at the shooting. There is a just balance to everything. Thank you for sharing your opinion.
I'm a mom to a child who wants to do theatre, they do not let mom's in during the audition. I totally understand why but totally understand how easy it would be for kids to be taken advantage of as well.
I always think about Drew Barrymore (who is doing great now), Amanda Bynes, or the beloved Lindsey Lohan. I'd rather my children not live that life.
@Zachary Sanders its not like everything is about you or your sisters modelling dream or your moms support why the hell did you responded to every comment
This is just moms making kids achieve their failed dreams for them. It should be only the kids who choose this. Not the parents. When a question is given to one of the kids, the mom fills in the blank. That is wrong and children should say what they want about something they feel.
Victoria secret.Shes like 3 years old haha. You should think about her on the cover of a childrens magazine or something.
@Zachary Sanders It's still a bit weird to think of your 3 year old daughter as a Victoria Secret model when she grows up
Lia Clarke or make sure she gets a good education and a social life without all that fame bullshit..
"It's every girl's dream to be a model." Not mine!
"Where'd you get those big blue eyes?"
"From my house."
Same, honey.
"every girl's dream is to be a model"
never was mine. my parents were actually approached and asked if they wanted to get me into modeling, by people who had a few connections (no one famous, more I know someone that knows someone) They looked at eachother then back at the lady and said no. they know i would be miserable after a few days.
Reporter: where did you get your big beautiful eyes from?
kid: my house
1:27
Honey Bunny i
Reporter: Where did you get your big beautiful blue eyes from?
Kid: *pause for a second*........ My house
If the kid doesn't really want to do it and he or she is being pushed by their mom - isn't that a kind of child abuse and exploitation?
the girl @ 3:52 is actually a model now
YAS
What’s her Instagram
Aspensworld what’s her name?
if you think thats taylor hill, it isnt
Yeah she’s on the Wilhelmina website
I wanna go there
I wanna be an actress
I know I can do it.
dolan twins fan edits casting calls suck if you don’t go to like top level ones but top level ones suck because the people who offer the contracts make it so awkward XD
dolan twins fan edits me too I would hate for someone to get the part and not want to do it and the people who do don't get the parts like seriously they should ask first if they want to do it
dolan twins fan edits lol
Me too
DOLAN TWINS DJSKSKSKSSK
Same
I took my own daughter to a model call when she was about 9 years of age. We made it to the second round where we had to go to a city a few hundred miles away to meet the model agencies and do modeling so they could see if she really had it. i knew before they got to her that she had it. I let her chose if she wanted to do this or not and also the expenses of going made the choice for us. I am glad that she said she did not care if she did it. It was just the principle to see if she had what they were looking for.
I hope the parents are willing to stick to their kids to protect them from predators and abusive people
When I was 5 years old I danced in a talent show (I was too young to even realize it was a contest) and afterward a talent scout came up to my mom and wanted to train me in more dance, modeling, singing, take me all over to perform and perhaps become famous. I'm so glad my mom said "No. she enjoys this but I also want her to just be a little girl."
When I was around 7 an agent approached my dad at the local mall for modelling opportunities. He turned it down, saying that I was already pre-occupied with other activities (which was true). Thank goodness he did.
The casting call scene in Bruno was one of the funniest, yet most uncomfortable things I have seen. I hope all of the parents who featured in that scene no longer have custody of their children.
Jeez, it's been 11 years since this was uploaded today!
Parents who push their kids to become famous against their child's wishes should have child services involvement is not fair on their child every child should have a childhood not a childhood of auditions and screen tests
Those poor kids... Some people shouldn't be able to have kids seriously
Reporter: "And six figures for a TV commercial!"
Me: SIX FIGURES I WAS ONLY FOUR!
I wonder how many of these kids are getting whippings for not performing.
The thing is I wish I had those parents because my parents won’t take me to casting calls or hire agents or anything like that and I have wanted it my whole life
Reporter:what do you want to be when you grow up
Kid: a actor
Reporter: why
Kid: because mommy says so
Yeah I'm sure that kid is going to really independent 😕😒🙇
Failed at acting parents, wanting to make their dreams come true, through their children - whether the kids want it or not! It's pretty sad and controlling!
Seems like they have 0 passion for any of that and they just want to be famous
That's what showbiz is about, fame.
This is not how you teach your kids to love the arts
1:57 "you're a failure timmy"
Person: "Where did you get those big blue eyes from"
Kid: "I gOt ThEm FrOm HoMe"
When that mom said “Victoria Secret Model” I died because I saw her curly brown hair and her tiny innocent face aweee
These poor kids, let them just be kids!
Staci Abbruzzese So just how do you have child models and actors if this is so wrong???? My daughter has a wonderful childhood thank you.
Angel Sanders I don't think they're saying everything about this is wrong, just the parents who are forcing their children into this. Fame isn't necessary, and if the child doesn't want it, the parents shouldn't force that on them.
if u think about it.....these kids might be famous rn
my mom did this craziness to my little sister -_- she went with it, but tbh i could see the stress it put on her. and most of the time this trash is just a scam, and u realize you put hours if not days of your time, waiting in lines, auditioning, and putting yourself through classes just to have thousands of dollars scammed out of you without any hope for a REAL casting call.
It's sad. People who don't want to do something always have the required resources or more to go it, but if they want to do it, they can't afford the resources.
Well no shit....haven't you seen the movie Bruno? It showed this years ago. There are dispicable parents that didn't deserve to reproduce.
Vaibhav Shah exactly what I was thinking!!!
Seeing kids become actor makes me feel like I'm the most unlucky kid in the world because when I tell my mom I want to be a child voice actor, my mom punished me so hard. I am so unlucky....
“Every girl wants to be a model”
Nah I wanna be a cat in a fishnet costume
“Where’d you get those big beautiful eyes from?”
“From my house”
Kids who have supreme talents always make themselves known... 99% of these kids are going to never go anywhere in the industry. It has to be natural and not forced
To be honest, I wish my mother was the opposite. When I told her I wanted to be an actress. She didn't care. She didn't help or support me at all.
“Every girl wants to be a model”
*Except me*
Same I wanna be a teacher
How about just one of them wanting their kid to be happy?
OH GOD.
Ughh, parents and those poor kids!!! :(
pls dont use the Lord's name in vain
Frances Ubogu not everyone has the same beliefs. stop trying to police what people say.
This is so sad. Your children are people and not your accessory. You had a chance to live your life, let them live theirs.
It’s ridiculous that these parents make their kids do this. No wonder they act out and not want to do what the directors asks them to do. If the kids want to that’s great. But if the parents are making them, that’s very sad. Just like Jennette McCurdy’s mom. She made her go into acting. She never wanted to. She only did it to make her mom happy. Which is absolutely very sad and sickening.
Woman: how old are you?
Little girl: 7
FBI: FBI OPEN UP!!
My friends dad is a director, he once told me that being a child actor is pretty bad. He told me to wait till o was eighteen or so to start in the industry
That’s not true. You can make it even further in the industry if you start as a child actor.
i really wish my parents would have been more willing to bring me to these sort of things
Don't worry, there is already too much rejection to contend with in this life.
I want to go there.
I want to be a model or an actress.
I want to do it because that’s what I like to do.
Frienimals Club every kid does. It’s not as fun as it sounds....
it's a harsh business but if it's what u want, go for it! I wanted to be a movie/Tv actress for a while but now i want to do theatre and musical theatre, now I've been in 3 musicals and i have an audition soon!
predators and prey. now they're going to exploit the next round of kids until they're innocence is lost. oh, and we're gonna need to process a small amount of paperwork and head shots so that'll be 189.00, but it's normally like thousands so it's a good deal cuz YOUR kid really has it! Oh, and if you want an agent we need a monthly agent fee of 99.00 until your special little victim, ehhem, i mean star, has his first role. Thousands of dollars and a contract to stay hush hush later, kid ends up traumatized.
I used too model it was fun but its very expensive and as you get older there's more standards like what size you are and height
Right.
"Too developed for her age?" Well, if she's developed, that probably means it's not to early to be developing at her age.
2:50 that poor girl
I'm interested in putting my 3 year old son into modeling and acting where is the best place to get him started.
How about not!! You want your child to be exploited, and fucked by hollywood elites and casting agents and designers...you are a crazy lady...you should let him be a child. Hollywood is no place for a young child all of them have been exploited. He should make that decision when he is older past 17 and 18 years old...and older.
The kid has the chance of not getting accepted, its her decision not some random youtube person
comecorrect1 wow what if the kid wants too
Seeing under 3 years old models and actors/actress makes me cry for 5 years.
does your son want to? if he hasn't expressed he wants to be a model, just don't
the acting industry is a dangerous place for children...
AWWW THEY DISCOVERED KATHERINE HEIGL!!! 🥺👑👑👑 she’s come so far
God I hate this industry. Even if kids want to do this, they’re still too young to comprehend what they’re getting into. Let kids enjoy their childhood
These parents...wth.If your kid wants to be in it,let them do it.If they don't,don't force them bc they would earn more money.It's like forcing a 5 year old on a diet to where they are too skinny that their bones pop out.
I don't know about this. Considering these kids don't typically have happy endings why would you do this to them? These parents are horrible!
“Where’d you get those big beautiful blue eyes from?”
“I got them from my house.”
I don't want to be in a movie to fames. I want to be in a movie for the fun and the experience. I love acting.
0:38 that lady sounds exactly like Miley Cyrus
Holy shit u right
Omg so true!
“Where did you get those big blue eyes from?
“My house”
😂 😂 😂
Am I only one sick in the stomach and think all these parents should be in jail?
I think it is more for the parents than the kids. It's their meal ticket.
If the parents want it they should do the modeling or whatever . Not the kids
My mom tried this when I was little. I remember how much I didn't want to do it. Then when I got there I threw a fit lol.
After i had my daughter, everyone told me that i should put her in modeling because of her unique look and her big personality I’ve thought it about it many of times but i don’t have the money to get her headshots . She’s 5 now i think i might look into it .