'I’m a good actor'.

If you are then say it.

What does good mean? There isn’t a pure definition of a ‘good actor’, but some facts support the idea.

Such as: you’ve trained, you’ve got an agent, you worked for three seasons at the Stratford Festival, did five roles on TV, are in the Second City company - or any one of those.

You’re past the entry level. You’re a professional now.

Most of those 10,000 hours are in.

If you keep getting auditions and landing jobs you’re good. Tell people you are. It isn’t boasting nor is it un-artistic. It’s a fact and you’re giving recognition to it.

Part of your progress professionalizing is raising the bar. Letting go old narratives that no longer apply and adopting new ones that do.

A carpenter who was worked for ten years will easily say, ‘Yup, I’m a good carpenter.’ He’s not saying he’s the best carpenter. Neither are you. You’re simply saying, ‘I’m good at my job.’

Saying it makes a qualitative difference. To you and those who hear you.

It has a ring to it.

When you first try and say it pick an easy place to do it. You might even find it funny on your tongue saying it to yourself.

They say the first step in being an actor is to say, ‘I am an actor.’  Some truth in that.

Same holds here.

Say it out loud.