I'm a 26 year old guy who never really had any experienced interaction with males in my life. Growing up, my dad was always working long hours of the day and my older brother was more of a bully to me rather than a protector that I see in other families. In High School most of my friends were females who I can't relate too most of the time and wasn't like by the other guys because of that. Now as an adult I just seem to be surrounded by all class of women but no men. Even if there were men, I wouldn't be able to interact properly because I never had that well experience through my life. So is it too late to find a good male role model for me or has this extended to a different issue?
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Check with the local college to see if they have acting classes. Any sort of vocal skill will improve your life a lot.
Story tellers:
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aaron+wilburn (Wow. Just wow.)
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=utah+phillips (Raunchy, but well told.)
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jerry+clower (Jerry doesn't tell stories, he whoops them.)
I had no role model when I was young so I watched a lot of movies to see how normal people behaved. That was in the 1950s when actors were almost normal.
Acting classes teach you how to act. Then you can act normal or charming or jerkish or whatever you happen to want.
Get "Dress For Success" by John Molloy. He says vocal skill will affect your earning power more than any other detail, and he explains why.
I didn't say television, I said movies. And movies of the 1950s were vastly different from movies today. Anyway, watching movies is a lousy way to learn how to act normal. I only mentioned that to make you feel like you didn't have such a great challenge as I did.
I don't understand why taking acting classes would help with this issue? And relying on television for life lesson isn't good considering they fabricate problem for entertainment.