2 year waiting list?!?!?!?! WTF.

To add to my question...how is the film industry there? I wanna eventually get into the film industry but i need to make short films to practice. I live in new york right now so its real easy to get actors for my films. Are there a lot of actors in the big cities? I know Seth Rogen is from Canada but his first role was in Freaks and Geeks which is an American show.