So, an actor needs empathy for the character he plays to access the emotions but on the other hand some actors eventually become the character and the emotions are true. Which method do ya prefer?
Hey everyone, I’m going to get my first headshots done and join actors access. I recently went to a workshop and it was recommended to get three different looks for headshots. These will be my first headshots, so I was wondering if I really should get 3 different looks, or if 1 or 2 is good enough for starting out.
I know to this day that LA remains the greatest location for film & television coaching and networking. With that in mind, I'm looking to move over for 3-6 months from next spring. Does anyone have experience living near a high collection of quality classes to audit and grow their professional network? I know there's acting classes everywhere but considering the size of the city, I'm wondering if there is one area it's recommended to get a place if you're a training/early working actor?
I've put off becoming a professional VA for far too long, I love the art, I've taken acting classes, bla bla you dont need the life story but basically I want to start doing my VA Reel. I've heard that having basic performances like: "old man" or "Crazy man" are really good, as well as showing the range of your voice, but where do we fall on impressions or imitating previously established voices? I know that in the VA business is sacrilege to take an actor's character without asking first but is it allowed to play the character on the reel? Will employers hear that and ACTUALLY consider you? Or look the other way?
hello everyone! just thought I’ll post what I’m feeling right now. I’m a 22 year old, male. living in Scotland. I’ve been doing drama since I was ten years old. I love it. I studied it in high school and went to college for four years to study acting & performance (which was mostly practical) I loved it. I even won an award from my college for being the best classmate in my year. I worked so hard. however when I applied to unis and drama school. I got rejected from all of the practical courses. Even the drama school that I’ve done a few courses with. The only course I got on was a theory-based performance course which I do like but we only get to do a bit of practical stuff in the last semester. We don’t do any plays at uni, which I miss doing. They used to do a musical for the final year but they stopped due to COVID. However. It might start again next year for my final year. I started uni this month but I am enjoying the course despite it being mostly theory. I could have applied to another college who does a BA in Acting but I got rejected from them, a few years ago in a lower-level course. I’ve improved since then but I regret not applying for them. We have no agent showcase at my uni. However, I feel like the reason why that I got rejected from many places is that I have a speech impediment due to my disability of dyspraxia. I sometimes stumble my words. I sometimes tend to say my r’s as w’s. I didn’t realise this till a drama school pointed out to me that I had this. My parents never told me before. They recommend I use a bone prop which I used a lot. They gave me fantastic monologues to use and they gave me good feedback (I did a training course with them) my college also loved them but I still got rejected from most places. My speech has improved a lot since college. I just have problems with my diction sometimes. I’ve been attending a local young theatre group where we get to work with people in the industry (my college got me into it) which I love doing as it’s all practical. It’s given me a few professional credits and stuff for my showreel. I also attend a local musical theatre group in my spare time out of uni. I am not the best singer (I can keep a tune) but I can dance & act. I’ve been told I am a great actor by someone who attended a famous drama school in my area as she described my acting as truthful. My lecturers and classmates said I was good too. I am often typecast as a comedic actor and I can get younger roles as I look about sixteen to eighteen. I’m just having doubts that if I should just throw it away. I have a stable retail weekend job that keeps me going but I feel like many places and jobs will reject me because I have something that I can’t control sometimes. edit; I’ve also did Playwright, Flim & Poetry workshops during lockdown and got told I was good at that too. I’ve also did a few short films with minor parts.
I have taken acting classes before and done fine. I've done audition workshop things and done fine. I've practiced one-on-one with instructors and done fine. Now I'm needing to do a self-tape with my mom as a reader, and I'm no longer fine. I think the problem is that she severely judged me when I first told her I wanted to be an actress, and now I can't bring myself to simply be comfortable talking about it around her, much less act and record a self-tape. I'm very tense, I talk too fast, and I look so fake. I just don't know how to calm myself down internally. Any tips?
I don't know if this is the right sub to ask this question in particular but I wonder, let's say for example that there is a scene where the actors are in a very cold blizzard. Would it be smart on the director to film them in the actual cold? Maybe not like, genuine below freezing weather but, just something cold enough to really get the actors to genuinely feel cold. Would this sell the scene more or take away from the scene if the actors feel too cold to act correctly? Another thing, I thought of this while watching interstellar. In interstellar, they travel to a planet with high gravity. Would it add to the scene if the actors had weighted suits or weights on their backs inside the space suit to really make them feel like they're on a planet with higher gravity, hence making it look more realistic when they're genuinely panting from just walking around and struggling to keep up with the added weight from higher gravity? or would it take away from the scene due to it making the actors harder to genuinely act well? do most producers do that or do they just do CGI? and if so, is it because it makes it harder to act, or because it's just too much money, or both?
Has anyone taken the [Master Classes at the Actors Lab with Pat Dortch](https://theactorslab.com/charlotte-north-carolina/) in Charlotte? Not finding anything else that's online closer than Atlanta or NYC. Thought I'd take a local class in effort to meet people in my area.
I'm just breaking into being a background actor. I got a really good job and they asked for a recent picture. I'd just taken my head shots a couple weeks earlier; I told them this and sent a copy of my head shot. I know, now, that this was stupid and, yeah, they fired me. I'm wondering whether a) this will hurt my chances of working with that casting company, again and b) is this going to affect anything beyond this casting company? I'm new, I'm nervous, and I'm pretty worried.
I was a actor when I was younger in LA. Mostly booked commercials, print and a few co stars/guest stars. Shortly gave up when I turned 21 after a dry spell with and parents pressuring me to go to school. So I went to school and worked corporate. Did the whole 40-50hrs a week for years and finally got a break with the pandemic. Starting working from home and realized I couod get all my work done within 2-3hrs. In the midst of the pandemic, I finally was able to enjoy life again. My friend recently became an agent at a well known agency and said he saw a bunch of breakdowns that matched me. He would start submitting me for fun and I did a few self tape auditions for funsies. This has been happening for a few weeks with not much action besides good feedback from CD. Until this last audition... It was for a netflix show with a HUGE fan base for a series regular role. Being in the industry, I knew I probably wouldnt even stand a chance. Shows like this normally will not "chance" hiring an actor without extensive credits. On top of that, it asked for a dialect that was outside of what Im comfortable with. In the midst of this, I was also on vacation with my family. I was just about to call my friend to pass on it when something stop me. My inner voice said "dont make excuses, just tape it and send it off" the lighting was atrocious. Dialect was totally off. Also was filmed on a iphone in my hotel bathroom. Im truly surprise my friend even submitted it to casting it was that bad. 2 days later I get a call that I'm pinned for the part and they loved me...this was hands down my worst audition acting wise (IMHO) and self tape quality. They asked me to tape again for showrunners and the network when I came back into town. This time, I hired a dialect coach ($200/hr) and went to a professional taping studio. The final product blew me away. You know how you are your worst critic? I saw my taping and thought, DAMN... you are a serious contender. This was a life changing role. We're talking harry potter/twilight status with outrageous fan base for my character specifically. At this point, i still didnt get my hopes up. I told myself you are FAR from getting it. Weeks go by...No news is good news my agent friend says. Then casting ask for my measurements, skills and ethnic background. Also to ensure I'm free conflict wise for the set filming dates. Everyday, I tell myself not to get my hopes up but at this point I couldnt hold back. And then.....i got a call early Monday morning from my agent friend. In a seldom voice, he let me know that casting had unpinned me from the project due to not being able to match physically with other family characters. Even at the very end, you can not book something and it can be out of your control. All you can do is practice your craft, give your best and forgot about it. This industry is a roller coaster. You can take a 8+ years hiatus and be top 2-3 contender for a mutimillion dollar project over night. Id love to tell you I booked it...but life doesnt always work that way. This experience in itself was so satisfying. It let me know, i can still follow my dreams. And one day... it can happen in a drop of a hat. Just like that! ;) Thank you for reading ❤
I am doing an English project where we have to interview someone in a discourse community. I have chosen acting and would like to interview someone with experience acting. Thank you.
Hi. Currently I’m taking a Meisner acting class every week. What we do is start with a repetition exercise for about 30 minutes and then Improv for 30 minutes. I’m really enjoying the class and feel extremely motivated. I feel bad for my scene partner each class because I feel like a waste of time to them with my very little experience. I’m not that good but still feel really motivated. I would really love to improve and become the best actor I can be. Is there anything I can do at home to help the process? I’m reading Meisner On Acting and I’m trying to watch his classes on YouTube, is there anything else I can do? Thank you!
...like how a human might spell out their name on the phone. How many takes do I need? What do I ask of the performances? How long should they pause between letters? Do I need different recordings for first, second and third letters in a word or... what? Is there a word for this kind of thing that I can google? (e.g. for splicing together short clips to sound somewhat natural, like in satnav) It's for an indie game. Also would like to do both English alphabet and Nato (alfa, bravo, charlie...), possibly with a number of voice actors. Naturalistic is important for both realism (radio comms) and to lessen the player's cognitive load while they focus on more important challenges.
I don't have a lot of experience as an actress but I've been studying for a while and after almost two years I got an agent who supposedly manages a lot of actors who've landed major roles, and some of them I've actually seen in movies and TV series. It's been 8 months since he started managing my (non-existent) career but so far I haven't received any auditions for any role. I know things got super complicated due to Covid and he always tells me that now things are getting back to normal but at the same time I see other colleagues that he manages as well already working and I can't help but compare myself to them – I know I shouldn't, but easier said than done. When I ask if I could do something to improve my chances, he insist that my profile and videos and photos are all adequate and there is nothing wrong with me. I've asked him a few times about auditions over the past few months, and I'm getting kinda embarrassed to ask again. I feel like I'm not even close to getting anything. By the way, the last time I spoke to his assistant I was very upset because one of his justifications for why I'm not getting auditions is my lack of "good energy work/spirit/whatever the fuck he was talking about" so I can attract good things from the universe and then get an audition. Due to my lack of experience it is difficult to get another agent. I feel trapped. And I think these people find it easier to say I'm being anxious just because I'm new to all of this than to admit they're being assholes. Does that makes sense? Should I ask him one more time about auditions? Advice is welcome.
If you want a look at in-depth analysis of character study for two person scene work, watch Scenes From a Marriage on HBO. Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac are incredible. Also, shoutout to I May Destroy You- Michaela Coel and all of the actors in this show turn in amazing performances. Please, a little less of the agent questions and more of a call to greatness for this beautiful, intricate craft. Go watch these shows. What’s behind the eyes?
I love acting I really do but I loathe Tikktok and all that bs. What do you guys think?
Now that Frances has become the 3rd actress to win 3 oscars (all for lead) along with Meryl (2 lead and 1 supporting) and katherine (4 oscars) who do ya think is the best actress?
What makes Joaquin Phoenix so distinct from other actors working? I just can't explain he seems to be so different in terms of acting..
Long story short: I now have almost no jobs on union sets but end up losing tons of opportunities on non union sets because I am union. I have been in both of my acting unions for seven years and worked hard to get there. I used to get a good amount of work, but have had almost nothing for a year. The only things I got was union background work, student short films (which the union approves of) and paid non union work (which one of the union tolerates. They confirmed I have the right to do that). Since I am not getting professional work as an actor, I am trying to reinvent myself as a host or a public personality. I get offered a lot of paid opportunities to work on camera as myself, I could say I am pretty popular, but they end up refusing to work with me because I am union. The union confirm that I totally have the right to work non union as myself, and even offered to tell the producers I could do it, but so many productions refuse to hire union performers because they don’t want to pay union rates, that I am not even asking for. I end up not getting work on union sets and losing work on non union sets so I just have nothing. What could I do to fix that?
Hi guys, what do you do to keep the bills paid?
Out of the years in theatre/acting classes/school, Yale, whatever you did - just HOW many actor friends do you have that are working full-time as on-camera/known actors? **This means their ENTIRE salary comes from working as an on-camera (not voiceover) actor.** Out of the 500 I would say I met coming up the ranks - **5** of them are household names by now - 3 of them wrote their own shows/comedy/created their own work to become that (and are now millionaires), the other 2 were just actors and had the right look at the right time. **3** supporting - they work a lot but didn't write their own shows - I'd say they probably bring in 100k a year before taxes.
Hey all. I've never really had this issue before, but after I upload my self-tape to actors access it looks so bad. It's only 58mb and looks fine before I upload it. Is the bad quality how casting is going to see it? Or will it look like the regular quality before it was uploaded? Thanks!
So I had an audition this week. It was 13 pages, three scenes and 9 minutes long. I had two and a half days working on it. And I really wanted to work on it as much as I could, so I (stupidly) started taping it 7 hours before deadline. The deadline was 10AM and I started 3AM after my night shift. The problem is that I didn’t have a reader and had my friend pre record the other persons lines. Yeah, I know bad idea, but last time I did this, it was one of the best auditions I’ve ever done, and this time also having no one who could help me, I really didn’t have any choice. However, since the scenes was long and the pre recorded reader voice didn’t allow me to be free without feeling rushed all the time because “her next line is coming up in 3 seconds”, it all went to hell. The first scene went great though because I had plenty monologues and the reader had only two small lines at the beginning of that scene. After failing the other two scenes miserably, I called my friend 9AM panicking and had him read over phone and after a lot of difficulties, I was finished around 11.30AM. It took me around an hour more to choose, cut the scenes, upload to Vimeo. I obviously didn’t feel good about the tapes because I was dead tired while filming and had had a stressfull and crazy night. I even mentioned in the email that I didn’t feel great about them. Now, I have two managers I signed with a couple of months ago, one of them (“Joe”) is a really big deal. He’s always rly busy but makes sure to watch my tapes and give feedbacks weather he’s the one or the other manager giving me the audition. The other manager (“Matt”) is pretty new, whom Joe kinda took under his wings a year ago. He gives good feedbacks as well. I have had a handful of auditions with them and basically all of them aside from one (that had still turned out okay), I’ve been rly proud of. I sent a text to Matt who was the one who gave me this audition, about being sorry that it came late, he didn’t reply. But after watching the tapes he responded to the email that I did an excellent job. And Joe watched only scene one (I know all of this because I upload them on Vimeo that shows how many views). He loved it (again, the first scene did turn out great) and he complemented on how he always love my work because I’m always so natural and it never feels forced and that he thinks I’m a terrific actor. I was super happy. However, two days later I checked my Vimeo and realize that my slate video hadn’t even had a view. So obviously Matt decided to not submit the selftape, the slate that was required was very specific and he’s always viewed the slates before. And he didn’t even say that he wasn’t gonna submit it. To make it worse, he said “excellent work”. At least just say “Thanks for this.” Instead of that blatant lie. Because now I will never believe whatever he says. So now I don’t know what to think and I’m pretty devastated. And before everybody berates me for being late, I already know that’s not okay. I just feel like I’ve lost the trust between me and Matt!
Who in the world can I ask for this? ​ I was bit of a petulant actor back in 2020 (literally right before the world went to shit) so the only director I've ever worked with doesn't seem very keen on writing one... I have an acting professor who I'm sure would love to, and my boss who, though adjacent to theater and would love to do it, is also not an director. So that makes two - but so many programs need a third. Do I just ask another (non-theater) professor to write a \~character\~ recommendation for me? Talking about what a hard worker I am (or something...?) Really feeling like I shot myself in the foot with my last director and not sure how I can move on from this.
Hi I've been complimented many times in life for having a good imagination and lots of creativity. On the subject of method acting, I think I have unintentionally/subconsciously done this my entire life. I have Asperger Syndrome. Diagnosed recently. One of the interesting topics with my psychiatrist was that of acting. That I always felt like I was playing a role in life. Mimicking people. From an early age I realized I had to act like others to avoid trouble. Something which in Psychology is called masking. I didn't just "act normal". I adapted and mimicked positive traits in others in terms of both body language and speech to be successful and liked. --- Here's 3 brief examples of things I have done. - I successfully sat down near some bikers at a pub once. And when one of them struck a conversation. I acted. I spent most of that evening socializing with them and they seemed to like me a lot. I observed with keen ears and eyes what they were like, what they liked and disliked, etc. The social dynamic of the group. They didn't like me because I was myself. But because I mirrored and copied what I had in order to "be" one of them. Acting. - At a new job I watched and learn who everyone was individually. And their roles in the group. So that I had a micro and macro view of the social dynamic. I then slowly started socializing and talking more and more to people. To gain information about made them tick, who they were, and for them to have a naturally positive disposition to me. It was a slow and subtle process. But I managed to adapt a personality that made me everyone's favorite guy on work. But it was just an act. Acting. - For a more general example. I have been able - through my entire life - to assume the viewpoint of others. And play the best role I can to blend in with the people I'm with. Acting to be who I need to be for maximum positive outcome. I've never been myself in life. I don't even know who I am, or what I really like/dislike. Why? Because my **entire life** has been an act within acts. I can charm a woman, I can get a mugger to back down, I can get an angry guy to calm down. I always intuitively knew exactly what body language and speech I needed to adapt whether with a single person or a group. --- Creativity, imagination, social engineering, manipulation. Call it what you'd like but... isn't what I've done my entire life method acting? I have quiet literally always acted as who I need to act as in any certain situation. I'm not talking about how normal people alter their behavior. I'm talking about **LIVING** and **BEING** the person I had to act as. If I've had roughly a 95% success on average with this in life. Increasing as I grew older and better at it. Wouldn't that indicate that I'm really, really good at it? If there are two social groups who absolutely hate each other, I can utterly effortlessly get to know them - act like them - be them - to get liked and accepted by them. --- So what I'm wondering is. Do you think this, without acting lessons, is enough to warrant a genuine attempt at becoming an actor? I'm photogenic so that also helps I guess. It's just that... my entire personality is a hollow vessel with the merged personality of hundreds of people I have adapted to. I'm like a hivemind of behavior and I can instantly and intuitively act as whoever I want. Wouldn't this also make my perfect profession a movie actor? I'd love some thoughts on this if anyone has the time. I don't take insults or criticism personally, and even when I do I have very thick skin. As someone on the autism spectrum I view myself and the world with cold logic, detached, objectively, without ego. Behavior for me is a mathematical formula, not something natural.
RJ is an extremely talented narrator/voice actor and we were so excited to interview him. Please check out this interview and support him through the links in the description! Thanks to all the voice actors out there bringing so much joy to all of us who love to listen! ​ [https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ](https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ) ​ https://preview.redd.it/ydafhd0qnzp71.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0568835c7e49563331f1041cb380fa80b17fd1e2
A singer I follow landed a main role in a Netflix Original. They've never been in any movies or TV shows so I'm wondering how that is? I've been told I'm a good actor and I've always wanted to audition for big roles but I never thought I'd land them because I have no background in acting. I can't really take time off to play in short indie films because I'm so occupied with studies that I'd only potentially take a semester off for a big role. All advice appreciated :)
Sorry, this is quite long but I want to write everything that’s on my mind. Short about me, I’m not a completely new actor. Have had large roles in movies/series. But I’ve always had the same problems coming to my confidence as an actor. For instance, I had a selftape the other day. And the thing is that I signed with a new agency three months ago and this is my 5th selftape with them. I really, really wanted to do a great job, so they can see that I’m good even if I don’t book the roles. And honestly I shouldn’t even be worried because they signed me after watching my reel but my brain doesn’t work like that. I came home after work and started filming the scenes. After my first take on scene 1, something told me to use that take because it was good, but my brain was like “bs. It’s not nearly good enough”. I did maybe another 10 takes before “giving up”, having to move on because I had wasted like 2 hours at this point. Same problem with the other two scenes. I sent the selftape in, EMBARRASSED by my terrible acting, telling myself how bad of an actor I am. When I woke, my two agents had replied saying how much they loved the selftape, and one of them said that it amazes him how natural and good I am in every selftape I’ve sent in. I was like “What! I thought that you regretted signing me” lol. I was in a chock. Happy as fuck, but chocked nonetheless. Now after a couple of days when I’ve had some distance from it, I was looking through my album on the phone and saw the “failed” first takes of scene one. And that first scene my gut told me was good enough but my brain said no, is arguably the best take. I just don’t know why I couldn’t see that? I then watched the next takes and each and one of them was good enough and realized that I had wasted two hours selftaping a scene that was ready after 5 minutes. And this is a recurring problem I’ve always had. Why? Why am I like this? Why am I so blind and how can I stop being like this?
I am an attorney (not a voice actor). I am doing these video walkthroughs on legal processes and am trying to make my voice . . . tolerable. I spent several full days trying to improve my voice with EQ and other settings on the Blue Sherpa Vo!ce software that came with my Yeti X mic, but only made it worse. [Here](https://davidkingnc-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/dking_ethicalwiki_com/EbMG7m1XvPxPppMYVNE2YfYB1rqBC4OqHMyGotrx1Hyfhw?e=1CScWC) is a voice sample. I'm wondering what I should do to improve my speaking voice. For example, should I pay someone to find better EQ settings? Is there some other way (besides EQ) to digitally improve my voice? Should I just hire a voiceover guy and not put my talking head in the video?
VENT: In a world of people who judge others on money and looks. Being a male actor who is 5'5'', decided to live still live with his parents at 26, and has a sub par job. It feels like life is going by me. My friend just got a 90k job offer. And my other friend is advancing quickly in his career. Life is hell. I do have an undergrad degree and experience for at least an intermediate level job. But I've decided to pursue acting which is my true passion. I know two CD never had a legit audition and feel like I'm a sitting duck. Life has been a real struggle. Who would want to date a guy like me is another thing. I've already got the short end of the stick physically and financially. As a man in society I'm the bottom of the barrel. Clearly my confidence is at an all time low right now. I've never felt so unsure of myself in my whole life. I'm so annoyed. I don't want fame. I don't want to be a millionaire. I just want a decent living, my own place, and to enjoy myself. Instead all acting has brought me has been the opposite. I'm a loser living in his parents home. I need help acting community. Have any of you felt like this? Please any advice would be nice.
Hi! This is kind of a weird, every situation varies question, but I was wondering people’s experience after meeting with an agent/manager. So I met with a manager from a management company and the meeting went really well and he asked me to send it self tapes which I did and he later replied with just “Thanks, it was great talking to you too”, but didn’t follow up with either a yes or no. I might be overthinking this due to my actor anxiety ridden brain but is that a dismissal or have people received similar messages and then later been offered representation? I mean this industry is all about waiting like this and I’m pretty sure I’m just asking for ease of mind/closure (which we all are constantly am I right or am I right), but just wondering for other people’s post meeting/self tape experiences. Thank you guys <3
Hey guys, I recently watched an interview with Bryan Cranston who talked about taking on the role of the lead character in Malcolm in the Middle. Lead actor in that case didn't mean protagonist, but rather the ensemble lead, the one who keeps the group together and takes responsibility. My question: Is this a common practice in American TV to have the star of the show enforcing the set atmosphere? It makes sense, because he will always be present instead of writers or directors, but usually, it's more the director who calls orders or keeps up group morale (at least here in Europe lol). Can you tell me more about your experiences with this? Looking forward to your thoughts!
Today I went to an audition We were alone in the audition room with 4 men who only said that we are really pretty (me and my female friend). They told us to dance and they tried to sell their own courses when we told them about the (free) ones we are about to attend. They told us that they would make us shine and they suggested to go for a beer, coffee (at their cafeteria) and they didn’t even let us audition. We didn’t even got the opportunity to act!!!!!!No chance to show whether we got the skills or not! I feel disappointed. I rarely go to auditions (once a year) since I’m shy and although I have participated in seminars I have not finished drama school (I’m pora pora
Hi. I’m Lilith. I’m a trans non-binary person on the autism spectrum and I’m unsure on what I want to do with my life professionally. I’ve always wanted to be a designer and storyboard artist for animation studios like DreamWorks Animation or Pixar, but however unfortunately, I have been discouraged from drawing and illustration. I currently work as a part-time usher at a Regal Cinemas. I’m only good at writing and sometimes voice acting, but I’ve always had passions to tell my story and to get them across in any way possible. I’ve never tried stage/screen acting but I am curious to try it. I never took acting classes nor had any acting experiences but still want to try to see if it’ll be a hobby-turned-professional job. Which leads me to a few questions about this industry. 1. How does one person get started in the acting business? 2. Has any actor/actress ever gotten their first role without any training nor experience? 3. Is any formal training and education needed like college, school, etc. for the performing arts or is it just preferred and suggested?
hi everyone, this is my first post here. im 17, i have awfully strict parents, growing up i was told i had to be a doctor. i really really dont want to be. yes financial security is great and all but i just don't have interest in being a doctor. up until i graduated (where i live everyone graduates at 16-17), that was the plan. to become a doctor. until one day i broke down and told my mom i dont want to do it. she already knew that but i guess maybe she didn't realise how much i didn't want to do it. when she asked me what i wanted to be i immediately thought of something in the arts. i dont want to become a painter, but i had an interest in the performing arts and singing and such. i told her about it and she lost her mind. basically if i want to be an actor i wont have my parents' support on it. hell i'll probably even be disowned. i can't get a job right now so i can't save up to move out. but god, i really want to act. i only started talking about movies this year, barely even paid attention to the entertainment industry. so why do i want to act? because for the first time in 17 years i feel alive. i feel like i will be happy, i feel like i \*want\* to be here. i carry around so many emotions all of the time and my mind is an endless plethora of stories and ideas. i want to bring characters to life, give them as real of a backstory as possible, make people \*feel\* things, make people keep those characters with them through their lifetime. but i don't know where to start. i already know that i have no experience and that i will have to go to classes or join a local theatre or something but how? how do i do this without becoming basically homeless :( please help, any advice would be great, i just need to do this. i want it so bad. i can't spend my life being miserable anymore. i feel like i've wasted so much time.
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I worked as a background actor on a major HBO show a little over a month ago and haven’t received my payment yet. I contacted the payroll service about this and they said they don’t have any record that I worked that day. I sent them a copy of my employment voucher about a week ago and they haven’t responded to it or any of my attempt to follow up. Nobody picks up the phone when I call because they’re all out of the office due to covid. How should I proceed to make sure I get paid? I’m owed like $500 and I need it dammit
I’m in an acting program, and my dream is to star in action movies. I know that many actors just use a stunt double, but I feel like this could be a good skill for me either way. I’m a young woman, and there’s no downside to learning self defense! Does anyone know if there’s actually value in me study martial arts, from an acting standpoint? Just curious. Are there any specific classes or martial art forms you recommend I study? Want to add that my BF is a special weapons and firearm instructor, so I’m already learning that.
I was researching online and saw actors taking about working 12-20+ hours a day, how is this possible? If I choose to work my way up to be union or even be non union would I have to do 12+ hours on a film set?
So I have been looking on casting sites to start off, and I found about 5 or so auditions I would like to audition for. Should I send them all out at once, or should I send one, wait for the answer, and send another?
This is just personal info, and your experience might vary. Pros: Super convenient Plethora of readers Cons: Too many newbies giving out advice Not enough listening for what you the actor want. Trouble taking redirection. Not understanding what it means to be a good reader. WeAudition is an amazing platform. With a huge flaw of quality. The fact that you can find a reader on the fly, but also pay the struggling actor is a win win IMO. The biggest flaws I see with it however is the review system. It’s easy to have hundreds of positive reviews and be considered an “MVP” After each session ends, you are forced onto the review page and can’t proceed forward to pay. Unless you fully exit out the page and go back on the site. I think most actors want to be nice. Which create these super inflated, high rated readers that aren’t good. I can bet that most of them don’t understand what it means to be a good reader. I would say 1 out of my 5 sessions on here with mvps have been good. The other 4 was tactfully trying to get the reader on the same page while stressing out about the ticking time/their feelings as actors. . Grappling through, Unsolicited advice, trouble taking a simple redirect, distractingly bad reading, and unsolicited opinion of how they personally relate with the text. WeAudition is very convenient but don’t get swayed by the reviews. Look at their IMDb page and see how experienced these actors are. Most of them have only done indies or school projects. It’s really frustrating to pay someone for a service and they start putting on their acting coach/director hat on, with no knowledge of what they’re talking about. This service would improve if we could keep our reviews anonymous.
My friend is super talented, but I have this view of publicists as being for high profile celebrities. They may serve more purpose than I realize. Why get a publicist in the early stages of your acting career? What can a publicist really do?
whats up guys. i'm primarily an actor (trained, repped, mainly auditioning at the co-star / guest star level, sometimes get the occasional recurring or series regular tape) and I just started getting into self-producing, made my first decent short last year, planning on making my 2nd one next month. Wanted to post on here and see if any other local filmmakers in NYC want to link up and potentially collaborate on something. With classes and everything still being on Zoom i'm just super itchy to meet new people since thats pretty tough to do digitally. Longterm, I'd love to develop a big group of people to help each other out on our personal projects in various capacities (i'm not above holding a boom one day for your shoot, for example). I'm 33 and based in Park Slope, but open to all ages & walks of life so long as you've done a thing or two before. The plan in my head is to make a couple more shorts, making them as close to perfect as possible, each one better than the last, submit them to festivals, and then eventually write a feature and shoot a proof of concept to solicit financing. Pretty straightforward process that I've seen people use to break through so I figured as I do that I'll finally book a few co-stars and it will help legitimize me more in the industry. hit me up if you're interested!
Hey so I'm a 23 year old going on 24 year old female who recently graduated college and decided instead of pursuing on to doing grad school (because thinking about it makes me depressed and anxious) I decided to go onto voice acting (in anime and video games mostly) as a hobby to see if I like it. Reason being was because ever since I was a little I was never really to be able to express myself and I would roleplay with friends (and not in the nsfw way) but we would like read things as if we where the characters or just make up out own thing and thats what gave me happiness and joy. But I was so afraid of the criticism I'd get if I decided to major in theatere without real experience in high school so I did science, since I was good at it. After I graduated I have a complete mental breakdown in trying to get into pharmacy school and realized I'd hate to continue working in the pharmacy (since I'm currently a tech). So now I'm trying to find myself and be me so I can be happy with myself. So now I decided to become a voice actor. I already am set to do a webinar with Such a Voice as an intro to this whole thing. Is there anything else I should be doing meanwhile? Am I too old to be trying this out? What are the next steps for me to do? Or should I just quit all together? I just need help in figuring what to do in all of this.
I'm 17, and I've decided i want to be a voice actor. But I don't know the best way of approaching this goal. Does anyone have any advice?
I'm taking a local Film & TV acting class in the UK. The issue I have is that it's sole focus is on regional programming and soap acting, which often covers uninteresting and restrictive colloquial based dialogue. The tutors are nice people, but I'm constantly getting positive reinforcement instead of constructive criticism. I've watched others getting guided on where they can improve and then getting a "honestly really good", "great take", "not much I can say to improve that", etc. Of course there' areas I can improve. I'm definitely not Denzel or Leo yet. But bar moving to LA for a period, I have no way of working with other actors on different regions, backgrounds, accents and meatier dialogue at the moment. Does anyone have any suggestions for quality online training that encapsulates top-level film dialogue and encourages accent work, how to get agents, auditions etc.?
I know this will sound stupid, but I’ve been thinking of applying for a MCU audition and have been thinking about contacting Sarah Finn, any tips of getting noticed? I’ve been told I’m a good actor and give a convincing performance but I also feel if I get an audition literally anywhere I’ll crumble under pressure. Any advice?
This is obviously a controversial topic but I just wanted some better understanding and clarity on this. I recently had someone call me homophobic and a bigot for almost backing out of a role. I didn’t realize the character’s sexual orientation had changed and it was 100% my oversight. There’s not a hateful bone in my body and I fully support the LGBTQ community. So I decided to do the role. Since then, I’ve read up on this to try to find a better understanding on it because it was never my intention to offend anyone. Some people make the argument that the very nature of acting is to play characters that are not you, but when is it ever considered that the actor’s morals could be compromised? Do they not matter? I was also told that this would limit the amount of roles and auditions I would receive but to be honest, out of the many I’ve graciously gotten, this is only my 3rd role I’ve received like this. I would just like some clarity and advice on this without being crucified please, I just want to understand it better. Thanks.
I left my acting classes in the last few days of February 2020 because of the pandemic, my grandfather took me to the classes so at the time we didn’t want to risk his health. I spoke with my teacher about it and he agreed that it was fine and that I was free to attend when I felt more comfortable. At that time I owed a payment of £100 so I sent emails about it so I could have the correct bank info but my teacher would ignore that part of my email and I never got to send the money that I owed. I found it a little odd. Its a very great class, my teacher is a casting director as well and a lot of previous actors from these classes have had successful careers. It’s pretty much the best workshop in the country. The plan was for me to start attending classes once my family and I were all double vaxed since my immediate family members are high risk. The classes have started back already, the workshops schedule lines up with colleges and school so it closes for the summer and reopens in September. Since June I’ve tried getting into contact with my teacher but I’ve had no response. I’ve sent emails, tried phoning. But absolutely no response. I’d love to start attending again but it just doesn’t appear to be happening. They usually send out letters every month as well to fill everybody in on what’s been happening but I haven’t received any of those either. I feel discouraged I can’t lie, because it’s the only workshop near me. I have no where else to go for classes. What can I do?
As a kid, I loved being feminine, and I loved in theater, ballet, singing, and art. But, my family really disliked how involved I was in the arts. Anyways, long story short, it's a familiar immigrant story - I dropped the arts for academics and athletics - and now, I am a lawyer, which, don't get me wrong, I'm so thankful for my education and for my job. However, I still try to act whenever I can as a hobby, and Covid, as horrible as it is, lets me do Zoom theater and films again! Whenever I audition, I get asked to read for younger female parts (which is exactly what I want at the moment, so it's exciting for me), and when I practice for these parts, I'm so excited - this is great, this is the part of me that my younger self wanted to be, I get to live it, even for just this audition! But then the audition starts, there's this voice in my head that tells me that it's bad to act pretty or feminine, that whatever attention I get from putting on make-up and clothes is attention I don't deserve, and before I know it, I'm lowering my voice and putting on my "don't-fuck-with-my-family-I'm-a-lawyer" voice - even though the role I'm reading for, and I *so* want, is for a sixteen-year-old ballerina. It honestly makes me so sad. I rarely cry, but I cry after auditions because it feels HUMILIATING. Yes, part of it is because I can see the casting director become disappointed and I can feel that role slipping away, but also, this is the *one* space where it's an asset to play out that part of myself where I can be feminine and young and not be at a disadvantage, and I don't let myself do it. On the more objective side, too, I feel this is highly unprofessional. I'm trying to be an *actor*, for fuck's sake - what's the point if I can't *act*? **Does anyone have any similar stories and/or any advice for playing characters without judging yourself? It would be very appreciated to hear them.**
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I'm your buddy Bottie, I was hiding behind the scenes, but now that you've found me I'd be happy to tell you what I'm doing.
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