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actor advi
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Stlld6iltS to tak
chances
By Nut
Lincoln native Mitch Reta,
now a s'jcccstful nctor,
has this advice for colkga
students interested in a career
in acting: "Taks chances
constantly take risks and
chances.
Although talking chances hzs
left Keta.in Lincoln tha psst
eight months recuperating firom
a motorcycle accident that hap
pened when he was a stunt
man, hb b en actor's success
story.
When Hetawcs 7, hs dreamed
of going to Hollywood.' lis re
ceived hb flirt acting pert then,
too in a grada school play.
When he was 10, he appeared
in the presentation of Oliver"
at Lincoln's Pir.cwood DowL At
15, he received hb fast acting
job with pay when hs partici
pated in tha "John Neihardt
Days."
Since then his dream has
come true. Eels, a UNL gradu
ate, has had, airxng many, fea
ture roles on the "Dukes of
Hazzard," "BJ. End the Bear"
and "Another World." Ik hm
trained at the Circb in the
Square Professional Acting
School In New York City and
has taken cltees at the Amer
ican Film Institute in Los
Angeles.
nets, 27 is a 1075 LJnccb
East IIh graduate. Realising
hb Interest in acting, Reta said,
he tried to keep involved in it
as much as possible. He worked
two years in a local repertory
theater, and after graduating
from high school, went to UNL
to study hb dream ncting.
"I think you know intrinsi
cally if you've got what it takes
to go out and do it," he said.
Durh hb first year at UNL,
Reta said, many theatre grad
uate students were the actors
to get the leading roles in
theater productions.
"I thought, I dent want to
wait until I'm 27 to act,' " he
said. "I found I was really eacr
to get up and go."
So he up and went.
fn January of 1077, Reta
and two friends flew to New
York City. It was a bit scary,
Reta recalls.
"I went to New York with no
knowled3 of what to do," he
said
Beta said lis was naive
about how to get an acting job.
Because he dind't understand
the rules of the bi j time," he
said. He called anyone he could
think cf to find a connection.
He called actors, producers and
big name directors,
requesting information about
parts. Rut hb "naivenecs got
hb foot through the door he
was offered an "eztra" part on
"The Doctors" soap opera. After
that, Reta said, hb career wo
in a state of "constant progres
sion."
But in 1030, Reta got a part
on BJ. and the Bear" as a
famous motorcycle stuntman.
While on location in Ukiah,
Calif., Reta revved the motor
cycle and It flipped over, hit
ting hb knee. The knee was cut
badly, and although Reta was
In a lot cf pain, he and hb ban
daged knee finished the day of
shooting
Beta said he didnt realise
how serious hb injury was until
he went to the emergency room
that night. Ha also didnt real
ise that he'd spend the next
four years recuperating.
The first year after hb acci
dent, he could not walk much
and acting was out of the ques
tion. But now, after many opera
tions, hb knee b nearly healed.
He said he b "ready to get back
to work." He plans to be in New
York soon after the holidays.
"Yea (cetera) tcve to
not get suckered into feeling
that you're never going to act
again," Reta said of dry spells.
"I think if you work hard
enough, you're not going to be
a starving artbt"
He said to make it as an
actor, one needs to be dedi
cated, open and vulnerable.
"You have to be willing to go
out and make a complete fool
of yourself," he said. "You need
toughness and , at the same
time, need to be able to shed
that at tha drop of a hat"
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Hie Roundups are sponsored
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A study skills workshop on pre
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