Hey guys. I'm a new actor in Los Angeles looking for an acting agent. I was wondering if there's such a thing as an "acting agent broker"?! Someone that will contact the agents on your behalf and help you find one. Thanks in advance.
hello im thinking of becoming an actor however i am 23 years old and I look like im 17 i always have to show my id whether its going to see a 18+ movie, buying alcohol etc.. do you see this as an advantage or disadvantage?
This might be a dumb question but it's mostly out of curiousity. My agent got me a pretty big audition and while she said I did great, I wasn't expecting much and mostly forgot about it. But today I just saw that role posted on the actor facing side of AA and was just wondering if that means they've definitely moved on from me? The other roles in the previous breakdown weren't there either so it seems like this is the only role still left to cast.
Hey all, I'm new to casting via Backstage and don't really understand how their audition works? When I create a audition with unscheduled applicants, is it my responsibility to schedule applicants and put it in the applicants's court to request a reschedule or has creating the audition alerted them that I want them to audition and given them the power to request a slot without me adding them to the schedule? Very confused. I want the actor to pick the slot they can fit into their day during the day to audition. Much thanks in advance.
We are searching for a female voice actor to play the role of a computer-generated Mermaid in our student film. The film is set in England so a South east English accent is preferable but any British accents are accepted! The premise is: a fisherman goes to a beach where a fabled mermaid is known to live. She is a mysterious entity he believes will be able to bring his wife back from her death at sea. She lures him toward the water and unbeknown to him prepares for attack. Ideally, we are looking for a deep, rich voice but would be open to hearing all types of female voices. As we need to begin the process of lip syncing the mermaid to the dialogue we would like to try and arrange to have the lines finished by the 7th of December latest. As we will also be animating to the voice, we need footage of your face preferably with a range of emotion. We know this is a big ask and if you have any issues with it, please let us know early, the footage will not be shown anywhere and will have its sole use in animation reference for us. The piece consists of 4 lines from the mermaid and so we would be looking to pay £40 for our voice actress. Our voice actress will also be credited in the film which will be submitted to multiple film awards and seen by major Film studios. We look forward to hearing all applicants!
I need a female voice actor to say “I don’t like Mason.. & “Fuck that guy IDLM (Pronounced EHD-LIM) Since the audio file will be short I am offering to pay 30$ for the service.
I've always dreamed of getting into movie acting, but I'm extremely shy,awkward and easily embarrassed (also scared that I'm not good too).The uncertainty is also an issue. I took an acting class, but when they gave us the certificate, it turned out to be more of a scam - we never got to actually work with lines or speaking, there was a grammatical error in the certificate,we were promised to be extras in a movie, but suddenly, there were roles only for 2 people from the class etc. What are your tips? (PS also in my country people in my age group are mainly "casted" as s*x workers or women for the actor to have intimate scenes with, so there's always the "tall, attractive, good looking etc. " requirement.)
I had aspirations and interest in acting but over the pandemic I've suddenly lost it or have no desire to enter the film industry anymore. Mainly because of male actors who mistreat and cheat on their partners, dodgy or misportrayed women, dodgy execs and always building a narrative, racism, etc. Also, I feel like movies nowadays have really sunk in story quality. I like writing but I don't know if I can commit to writing scripts. I'd still like to continue singing, but I wonder why I suddenly lost interest or joy in acting.
BREAKING NEWS!!! WARNING TO ALL BACKGROUND ACTORS: Westworld S4 Production/Payroll Companies are Refusing to Pay Background Talent for Filming, Fitting, and Covid Tests, and will work you through the entire day with no lunch. It's been over a month, and I've received no checks from them and for them to state that they are no longer a part of Westworld's Production.
I just saw a interview with Katie O’Hagan and she said she didnt know what she was in going to be in Resident Evil 7 until a year after creating her character? why do some actors not know upfront?
I’m a writer/director currently working thru an edit of a micro short film shit this summer. Everyone put so much work into the project, but am going through the edit now and we are planning to do a re-shoot of a scene. One of my actors, let’s call her Shailey, is only heard though her voice the entirety of the project. Shailey was really difficult to work with during pre-production, while she put a lot of prep work in, she was not good at communication. Several times I had to reach out to follow up from things she said she’d do and never happened. It felt like pulling teeth. Once I was doing rehearsal with her and we broke halfway thru, Shailey had an appointment and said she’d be gone an hour, would let me know when she got back to finish the character rehearsal. She never reached back, went to the movies that night, and I never heard from her for two weeks. It was a frustrating experience. Shailey’s character is only heard during the film, a conversation with our lead on-screen talent. I’m editing and planning a pick-up shoot, i feel like I should re-cast Shailey’s role. She has been paid already, but I don’t want to deal with communication (pulling teeth) during prep like last time and her performance was off, I know I can re-cast with a better talent. As I’m a director, I don’t want to hurt Shailey, but I am spending my own money on this film. I don’t want to deal with a flakey actor.
It’s a play within a play I did in high school. Basically this director is trying to put together a school play but all the actors are terrible whilst at the same time there’s a school prom going on. I remember I played the character whose motto was rise above and she was a black character. She was the directors assistant. I think her name started with a M. Like mitsy or something.
Trying to get together a team of actors/ actresses, filmmakers, and writers.
I am someone who learns languages, and one of my interests is sounding as close as possible to a native speaker. Obviously skilled voice actors are very impressive in what they are able to accomplish with their voices, so I am wondering if anyone has seen any cross over into language learning? Are there any resources or pearls of wisdom from the voice acting community which you think would be useful for those who are in the language learning community?
I am a 16 year old junior in high school and I want to pursue acting professionally. I only just decided that two years ago in my freshman theater class, so I'm not the most versed in acting. However, I've done all the school plays that have come my way and even auditioned for local theater shows. I've also started performing standup comedy and have found success in that, earning 20 bucks for doing 10 minutes in a local coffee shop. However, I live in Montana, and there really aren't much opportunities to do things. There are talent agencies in Montana and two of my friends are signed to different agencies, one as a model and the other is a singer. I am looking into at least submitting an application to be signed as an actor/comedian/singer to one of these agencies and I have no idea what I'm doing. First, they're acting for my acting resume, which I don't even have and even if I did, it would only be a few school plays. They also want a headshot, which I don't have, but I can easily fix that. What should I do for my resume even though it's very limited?
I'm in Toronto and have never acted. I plan to take classes as soon as I can afford it, but until then I'm trying to find other opportunities to get into it. I've read that student films help build experience, but the places I've been looking at, like facebook groups and whatnot, usually seem to require...something? Like a self tape, for instance. I'm not sure if I would just record some random tape of myself by reading a script online and winging it or what. I'm assuming that would be foolish. So I guess my question is, generally speaking, how would I build experience right now if I don't have the money for classes? Advice tailored to Toronto would be preferred, but I appreciate any advice I can get. Thanks!
I'm a NYC based actor and almost three weeks ago I met an agent at a zoom seminar through an acting studio here in the city. I came in during the Q+A part of the seminar and got good vibes from the agent. When it was my turn to perform I was one on one with the agent and performed a monologue. We started talking about my monologue choice, (which was from a failed Broadway play) which he loved lol. After I performed he said I did a fantastic job and that my choice was "very refreshing". He also said "Of course I can't say anything right now but I'll definitely be keeping you in mind". I was thrilled! I emailed him a thank you and all my info the following morning. Soon it'll be three weeks since our meeting and I have yet to hear from him. Which is killing me! The thing is I found another seminar he will be at in two weeks (5 weeks after our first meeting). ​ TL;DR **Would it be unprofessional to attend another one of his seminars and do another monologue if I don't hear from him? I don't want to be all stalkerish and I know he's busy, but this is a dream agent who said such promising things to me.**
Hey everyone. I’m a child actor from New England that has mostly done theater up to about a half year ago. My first film experience began when a casting agent from Boston Casting called me, asking for me to do an audition for a new Stephen King movie (Salem’s Lot). I had three days to practice as Danny Glick before my audition. Unfortunately, I did not get the part, but I was able to become an extra for the movie. I was originally had 2 scenes booked, before I was given a 3rd (don’t know if that means anything). Since then I haven’t gotten another part, and I’m worried that I won’t get another chance. If I do get a chance, I doubt it will be anything more than an extra. And I don’t want to be an extra for the rest of my career. I know that sounds immature and childish, but I want to change and help people with my performances, like the actors that I love have done to me. I hope you understand what I’m feeling
Acting as we should all know is being in the moment and responding truthfully but being vulnerable enough that anything can get through to us. But in day to day life if we carry that mindset with us it could be damaging. So how do you properly transition mindsets?
Hello all ! I’m sure most are familiar with Dacre Montgomery’s self-tape for Stranger Things [(x)](https://youtu.be/cJ1zhq3yNBM). I recently read a casting directors twitter thread where they announced that (in regard to the self-tape) actors should focus more on their acting choices as opposed to editing (in regards to specifically Dacre’s dancing to music as Billy). So I’ve come to ask if there are any actors who have additional ways to stand out aside from making great choices within a scene. I’ve posted here about adding “one-liners” to a scene, and noticed Dacre does do a rather stylish “Hey, I’m Billy… nice to meet you” to the camera. TL;DR — aside from acting choices you can make in a scene, are there any tried and proven tips to make a self-tape great akin to something like adding “one-liners” Any help would be appreciated.
I have SPD, and certain clothing textures/styles, and hairstyles are very uncomfortable and even painful. Is acting a possibility, considering there’s so much I can’t wear? I don’t want to talk to every director and fellow actor I work with, since I know there’s a good chance they’ll just think it’s an excuse or I’m making it up.
I'm doing a survey for a service platform for actors. If you could just quickly answer yes or no to the following questions I really appreciate you! 1. Do you have trouble finding networking opportunities as an actor? 2. Would you like more opportunities to collab with other actors/filmmakers on projects? 3. Do you find it difficult to meet other actors in your location?
hi everyone, asking for someone that doesn’t have reddit and idk anything abt acting — the college that this person is looking at only offers a theatre major as opposed to a film major. does this impact his chance of becoming an actor in film versus just acting in theatre productions like broadway, or is it fine?
I was a while ago watching a video of an old interview by an apparently famous actor. The interview appeared to have been recolored so it must be quite old. The actor was not talking about acting but about life and fatherhood. The video had a considerable number of views. The title might have had the word interview in it, or advice, or life, or any combination of the three. Any help is appreciated.
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In the lengthiest episode of *The Green Room* to date, Michael sits down with Jolyn to talk about one of the hardest things he's ever had to do as a director: fire a lead actor the week before tech week. The two go on to discuss the general controversy around firing actors in a community theater setting and offer some insights on when it might be called for. [https://anchor.fm/thegreenroomchat/episodes/Exit-Through-The-Chocolate-Room-e1akf3m](https://anchor.fm/thegreenroomchat/episodes/Exit-Through-The-Chocolate-Room-e1akf3m)
Kind of a strange question, but for those who are full time actors in the union, how many jobs do you typically book a year in order to live comfortably solely off of your acting income and do it full time?
Entertainment watchers strongly associte fictional characters with the actors who portay them. For example, when people think of Harry Potter, they think of Daniel Radcliffe. To most people, Harry Potter is a person who looks exactly like Daniel Radcliffe. But I wonder if Daniel Radcliffe thinks Harry Potter = Daniel Radcliffe. He probably doesn't think of the character that way. Maybe to Radcliffe, Harry Potter is just an amorphous, non-physical concept that exists in a script and can take many different forms. I think that's what happened with Hermione and Watson. In an interview she said she feared the character Hermione would disappear after that last movie. But when the play came out she realized that "Hermione" still existed, albeit in a different form. How do you view the characters you play? I'm aware that this might be the weirdest question about acting ever, and I apologize if it's too weird.
I’m interested in getting into acting. I loved acting in local and school plays when I was a kid, but then “didn’t fit” any roles when I was in high school or college outside of participating in some student films my friends made. I was always told that the reason I didn’t fit any of these roles was either because 1. I am extremely short, or 2. I was born with a congenital disorder that caused one of my legs to be amputated below the knee, have deformities of varying degrees impacting almost all of my fingers, and also have a deformed foot. I walk with a slight limp but it usually isn’t very noticeable. However, I know that sometimes having differences like this can help make an actor more desirable for some roles. I just don’t know where to go to find information or resources about getting into acting at this point, specifically acting in roles where my disability is either a non issue or a desired aspect. I currently live in Illinois.
Hello! I am looking for talent with unique pets to help film (with your phone) short videos. These videos are around 20-30 seconds, so it shouldn't take more than 15-30min of your time. They require both you and your pet / animal be on camera, and most of the concepts include spoken lines (with room for ad lib). This is a remote / self-filmed gig. Examples of unique pets / animals: * Goats * Cows * Tarantula * Lizard (beardie, iguana, something similar) * Parakeet * Fish * Chinchilla * Turtle * Snake I can offer $150 flat fee. Will provide a contract. Payment can be made via ACH/Wire, Zelle, or PayPal. Please message/chat if you're available and interested. Thank you!
Hey all, I got cast in a female role at my college. While I am totally comfortable and ok playing the role, I’ve never had this kind of opportunity before, so I feel a bit out of my depth. The advice I’ve received so far is to “get in touch with your feminine side” and to “watch how female models walk down the runway”. The second of which I have done and the first of which I am grasping for. Anyways, if there’s any advice at all anyone can give me for playing a gender that is not my own, I would love to hear it, as it’s a valuable learning experience. Thanks in advance! Note: If it helps at all, on the role itself, I’m playing half of a heterosexual couple in which my character is fed up and experiencing an early (she’s early 30s) mid-life crisis after having moved away from the city into the country and dealing with a husband she loves but can only communicate through the material (i.e. how much money he’s making, how nice their house is, etc.).
I posted this question under someone's reel, but I think it's worth asking the group at large here. Out of curiosity, how important have you found your acting reels to be for getting acting work? Have you ever taken unpaid gigs that looked promising to add good content to your acting reel? Have you ever directly benefitted from a free shoot by using your reel footage to get paid work? I'm coming at this at a slightly different angle because I'm interested in directing and cinematography, not acting. I completed my first bite-sized projects recently. My budget is thin, so I only gave the actors meals and the final footage as credit. I spent all the money I could have paid them on equipment rentals so we'd have better-looking and sounding footage. Should I save the money I would have spent on meals, transportation, and gear rental for free shoots and do paid shoots without meals or rentals and with limited travel instead? The production value would take a hit. I wonder how that would change who expresses interest in my projects. I realize that I can Google info on this (and I have), but I am curious to read feedback from people in the trenches.
I feel like I’ll always be an insignificant, irrelevant and broke actress…I feel like shit
Hi everyone, hopefully this is the place to ask this. My sister has always wanted to be an actress. She went to a performing arts high school in the city and graduated from the BA program at Pace. After college life got in the way a bit and she’s lost touch with her art these last few years. I know she really would love to get back into it, but needs to get her confidence again and get some practice. I’m wondering if anyone can recommend any classes in the city that might be able to help her get her groove back. I guess she’s not exactly a beginner, but maybe a beginner class would be best, idk. I’d love some direction or recommendations if anyone can help.
Use this thread to post your headshots for feedback, get info on your age range/type, find good headshot photographers, ask any questions you may have about headshots. If you are posting a DIY headshot for feedback, and not just a snapshot in order to get feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. Non-professional shots are fine for age/typecasting; please keep in mind that one picture is a difficult way to go about this. Video of you moving and speaking would be ideal, but understandably more difficult to post. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.
Hey, I'm from India I'm a third year computer engineering student and, also an ACTOR! I've done a couple of workshops in the past to train myself and have been auditioning since 2ish years. (not very frequently tho) Things have finally started to work out for me, I recently did 2 decent budget advertisements and have been recently auditioning for good parts in ad films, films and, web series. The problem is: ACTING IS REALLY TOUGH TO MANAGE WITH COLLEGE My studies are pretty tough and most of the times the shoot dates collide with my college exams and tests. I don't want to lose out on such amazing opportunities but taking a drop from college is out of question. Recently, I have to deny availability to the casting directors calling me for some projects and it crushes me but I don't think there's any other option at this stage cause I'm still in college. What should I do? any advice would help :) I'm thinking of taking acting seriously after college and joining a post grad drama course but currently it's getting really tough
Let's take a look at the past thirty years. 1991 to now. In this period, we have seen many actors come and go from both networks yet it seems that Disney actors tend to go a little further; we see this with Justin Timberlake, Shia Lebouf, Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Britney Spears, Zac Efron, etc... But we don't really see this as much with the Nickelodeon actors. An exception being Ariana Grande but her career is mostly in pop music and she never really embarked on any ambitious acting projects. Emma Roberts can perhaps be said to be the most successful one, but then again she never really wowed anybody. I feel like her career could have taken off ten years ago. She's not bad, certainly not, but we also can't really compare her to Anne Hathaway and Kirsten Dunst who by the time they were 30 had a pretty solid filmography. What's up with this? I was also under the impression that Miranda Cosgrove would develop an interesting career beyond Nickelodeon and Despicable Me but she never really got off that bandwagon.
As an aspiring actor myself, there was a time I wanted to move to Hollywood/LA but as of late seeing all of these peoples "true colors" I've been thinking that maybe that isn't for me. Such as a lot of major people within the business, who morn a death of a child rapist. So I decided in order to stay away from all of the fucked up-ness that is Hollywood, I'll be starting my own small studio where I live. I'll be making my own short films and doing what I want to do, along with live productions/indie films.
Hello everyone, bear with me. I’m a bad actor, honestly. I have my moments. But mostly I’m bad. I understand all of the kinds of acting classes there are, and I’ve taken private lessons as well as group classes. They never feel serious though, and I eventually gave up on them. Maybe because they’re meant for minors (which I am)? It’s worth mentioning that my self-discipline is terrible. I can’t tell what the problem is. Anyway, I want to get better. My area is culturally very dry, I’m a minor, and I’m not very wealthy, so my options for improving with professional help are limited. I want to ask what kind of class would be best for me? Assume I’m able to get financial help for all this. Conservatory, drama school, program, workshop, etc? Feel free to ask absolutely any questions to help answer this. Thanks guys
im thankful that ive gotten to audition more this yr truthfully i wish i could audition more though im still trying to reach out to collab on something but i haven't had much luck
How do actors learn accents so quickly? I can already speak french but I want to learn a Parisian accent when speaking in french and I can even use it when speaking English. Can add the names of some actors how can speak French properly or who originally speak English but learned French for a role
Business of rejection. After dozens of auditions and continuously being passed over, even the best actors may find themselves questioning their talent and especially their looks. How do YOU stop these wheels of negativity and embrace the challenge and the business part of this craft? Daunting to say the least.
Hey all, I was wondering for queer actors out there, do you mention your sexuality when auditioning for queer roles? I've seen breakdowns for roles that say something along the lines of, "seeking LGBTQ+ actors" or "can authentically portray LGBTQ+" etc. They obviously don't outright ask for my sexuality (and I guess that might be illegal?) but I was wondering if it's okay to volunteer that information myself in the submission notes or the slate. I just don't want to come off as unprofessional or TMI by offering that information. How have you been dealing with these kinds of breakdowns/auditions?
I had a student film audition that felt really weird. It was my second audition I’ve ever done but I was paired up with another actor who was auditioning for a role that had no lines, just a lot of movement and I was expected to know the blocking and lines with the other actor for a scene. They told us to just mime everything. So essentially we were auditioning for a role together for the first time. But the thing was, when the other actor missed their cue or came in too early with an action it messed up the timing of when I delivered my lines. (For example she was suppose to threaten me with a knife but came in with that blocking while I still had four lines left to say. It made it look like I just forgot my lines. I was suppose to react to the knife and be scared but I didn’t know what to do in that moment and just ignored the knife and said my last four lines.)
There various different terminologies and I have a hard time figuring out what to put on my resume. If I'm acting in a short and the second most important character after the lead, does that make it Supporting? Or would it be Co-Lead or Co-Star? If I just have a tiny side role on a film, would it be Actor? Or Principal? I personally thought Actor/Principal was the exact same role type, but resumes like this have both [https://image.slidesharecdn.com/paulsnideractingresume-190210195325/95/paul-snider-acting-resume-1-638.jpg?cb=1549828436](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/paulsnideractingresume-190210195325/95/paul-snider-acting-resume-1-638.jpg?cb=1549828436) Just a bit confused
Okay, I really need help with this and I was hoping some of you had some experience with this. I take acting class as apart of my high school and I actually do want to become an actor some day. The thing is, I have anxiety, ADHD, and RSD which makes it really hard to do and they’re going to start grading more seriously based on performance soon.
I really admire people who act, and I think it would be fun to just try out a small role as a one off or something just to see if I have what it takes to be an actor, but at the same time I’m really scared. I haven’t talked with my parents about it (im almost 15) but I think they would be fine with it. I also don’t know if I have any time with school and my current job (I work on a farm and ride some horses and own a horse) If anyone who acts has any advice for how to go about this and how I know if it’s something I want to do and also if they started out when they were young if they have any tips or anything I would really appreciate it
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing really slow load times on Actor's Access? My internet is fine, and other websites are loading very reliably, but for some reason Actor's Access is painfully slow and intermittent, often getting a "can't load" timeout message while browsing other websites. Anyone else getting this? Any solutions? Makes submitting very hard!!
Long story short I had an acting teacher who believed smoking weed/any cannabis consumption was bad for your acting/career(?) Not talking about while acting, I never consumed on a day I had class. I have rehearsed lines under the influence. But they felt it effected you from days past. They would commonly mention actors they taught who when the stopped smoking, they started booking more. Which I can understand bc of the lack of motivation that long term cannabis consumption could cause. They said “I would rather you drink”, which I didn’t understand. I ended up partially agreeing with him, but could never fully commit, partial addiction, partially bc I find it a good and more healthy way to destress. All this to say, has anyone else run into this in LA or in other legal states/cities? What’s your opinion on this?
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