The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you think you can do it, you can.
My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.