If I know I would be happy with my dream job should I try hard to pursue it?

I'm 13 and I really want to be a movie actor, a movie director, or possibly a baseball player. Most people tell me now to forget my dreams. I remember like when I was 5 everybody wanted me to pursue my dreams. Well I'm not going to forget the past when I was younger and all around people told me to pursue my dreams. But now everyone wants me to be "realistic" and maybe try to be a doctor and have a more realistic goal for a career. But IF I would be really, really happy with those jobs should I pursue them? I know that I have a very small chance to become a famous actor, movie director, or baseball player, but wonderful things happen to wonderful people right? You never know, if I get lucky and with hard work and determination I could get to be one of my dream jobs right? Like anything is possible right? Miracles happen right? If all these quotes are true then I see no reason in stopping my dream. I bet Justin Bieber never thought he could be as famous as he is but he still tried to get there and look at him now. And I bet that people like Dakota Fanning or Josh Huchterson never thought they could be as famous as they are but now look at them! If all these wonderful things happened to these lucky wonderful people, then who's to say that I give up my dreams when I'm only 13? I think I should give up my dreams only when I'm like half way through college! So tell me, IF I WOULD BE HAPPY with my dream jobs, should I keep trying hard to pursue them? Or should I be more realistic and forget about them and focus on other jobs like being a doctor or something? And I also know that being famous isn't all it's cracked up to be but I don't care, I want a job that will bring me joy everyday and will be exciting. I don't want to be stuck in a office for most of my life, trying to gain money with a boring job. I want to do something that will always make me happy.If I know I would be happy with my dream job should I try hard to pursue it?
You have to try hard to achieve what you wanted.



Steven Speilberg always knew he wanted to be a director and wrangled a way to be an unpaid intern at Universal Studios, where his work got him noticed and the contracts followed.



You are never too young to start.If I know I would be happy with my dream job should I try hard to pursue it?
u sound likle a starry eyed teen who is stuborn and thinks people are just going to give you the lead role in a blockbuster. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.If I know I would be happy with my dream job should I try hard to pursue it?
Becoming famous in NOT a wonderful thing. They're NOT lucky.

The truth is that wonderful things happen to some people - some deserve it, some don't.

And bad things happen to some people, and again, some deserve it some don't.

No, wonderful things don't always happen to wonderful people - I've met some wonderful people who have had really terrible lives.

When you're a bit older you'll understand, but do try to be sensible and realistic.



My daughter is a professional actor. She's very happy, loves her life and wouldn't change it for the world. But it doesn't 'bring her joy' every day, it's not exciting every day, and it doesn't make her wander around with a permanent smile on her face! It's 99% very hard work.



For almost all actors, the reality is a life which consists of spending hours most days looking for auditions, contacting directors and agents, learning monologues and scripts, travelling to locations for the occasional audition and working all that time in an ordinary job to pay the rent and the bills.



Even when they're in work, the hours are often very long, they get up at 4am, travel, get pulled around in hair and make-up for hours (which isn't any fun at all after the first time) and say the same lines over and over again for most of the day, often outside in the blazing sun, pouring rain or the freezing cold. Sometimes they don't get home until midnight or later, knowing that they have to be up again at 4am the next day.



Honestly - it's nothing like kids imagine. All you get to see on TV or in magazines is what they want you to see. The reality is nothing like that.



At your age, your best bet is to get a great education and maybe join an acting class just for fun. When you're old enough to understand what's real and what's just fantasy, then you can start thinking about your future.

xx