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I was planning on a career in acting (but I might be giving up so I can focus on my writing) but my mate said if I get the three tattoos I'm planning on then I'll have no hope of a career if I do go for it. Is this true?

I guess you could...they'd just have to be somewhere you could cover up easily. Like your back your shoulders.

One will be on the back of my wrist, another around my arm and the other will be on my lower back so depending on what I wear they should be easy to cover up - but if i got the part and then they saw them could i loose that part?

I would say wait until you actually break in to the career before you tattoo your body. While I'm typically against it, I can't persuade you not to get them. My advice is to wait though, at least until you get "in".

For most jobs, it'd probably be alright to get a tattoo as long as it was covered up (like on your back). But for acting, it may not be a good idea. The problem is that you may be called upon to perform not only roles that would force you to reveal the tattoo (wearing a bathing suit if it's on your back or going barefooted if it's own your ankle), but having a tattoo could be very inappropiate for your role as well, even if it's covered up the entire time. Imagine playing Cleopatra but having a butterfly on your ankle; it just doesn't fit.

It'd just be troublesome for you if you're not a name they'd bother with. Angelina Jolie, for example, has a tattoo on her back or arm, I can't remember which-- but she's played dozens of roles where both have been bared. She has to spend 2 hours in the makeup chair to cover it up. Same with Johnny Depp, I'd suppose. Thirteen tattoos, not a mark on the screen (except in Pirates of the Carribean where he used them to his advantage).

So right. Depending on how well you act and who you act for, they'll accomodate to your image. If not, well, then, that's that. I suggest you wait as well, at least until you've got a few good roles under your belt and you feel comfortable enough with your own talent and your view of the industry before you make any major decisions about your body.

NO, tatoos can't ruin an acting career. You can cover them up easily, and you can talk to the person castingthe role to see if you would need to. I say go 4 it...but think about it 1st!

My point excatly. MANY no EVERY actor (and mostly every acteress has one) the problem is are YOU ready to have a tatoo. Cuz its not something like the day's rubbish. Once if it groes bored you drop it. It will 'scar' your skin forever. Cuz then you will have to go through a VERY VERY expensive and painful tatoo removal. My advice is: 1st have some of those temporary tatoos or something like that, and see how they 'fit ' on your skin.

Arvandor wrote:My point excatly. MANY no EVERY actor (and mostly every acteress has one) the problem is are YOU ready to have a tatoo. Cuz its not something like the day's rubbish. Once if it groes bored you drop it. It will 'scar' your skin forever. Cuz then you will have to go through a VERY VERY expensive and painful tatoo removal. My advice is: 1st have some of those temporary tatoos or something like that, and see how they 'fit ' on your skin.

This isn't something I've just decided on - I've been thinking about it for years and it is something I am ready for. And there's this new treatment I heard about where you have this little liquid put on the tattoo and it scabs over and drops off leaving clear new skin. But once I get a tattoo I'm keeping it for life

go 4 it! im thinking of getting one as well.