Cool Girl

Better to at least try what you love and fail than never take the shot in the first place.

Acting is an extremely risky profession. Unless you get lucky very early in your career you're going to be fighting an uphill battle the whole way. Until you catch a break it's well worth your while to have a more stable career to fund your acting endeavors

Alternatively find someone with a solid income who's willing to support your dreams and marry them (yes, I am serious, it is entirely reasonable to build a relationship on means)

I'm actually going to question if CG meant she wanted to be an actor for a living. for all we know she just wants to do it as a hobby but her dad thinks she's wasting time with it. in that sense I'll agree with CG. yet I will say that if she does mean she wants to search out an acting career, I will wish on my own lucky starts (if I even have any) that it works out.