Are you really an actor

If you can answer "yes" to the following, you are only an actor in the loosest sense of the word:

1. Do you wait for your agent to call with projects to submit to?
2. Do you ignore the business side of acting?
3. Is your marketing material, if they exist, geared toward something other than acting?
4. Are you only looking up IMDb info on big name Hollywood producers?
5. Are you the acting version of the weekend warrior?
6. Do you look at extra work as a major acting opportunity?

If you can answer "yes" to the following, you can call yourself an actor:

1. Are you looking for projects to submit to?
2. Do you put significant time toward the business side of acting?
3. Is your marketing material, which does exist, geared toward acting and your place in it?
4. Are you learning who the independent producers in your market are?
5. Are you putting in the hours?
6. Are you striving toward bigger roles?