so what's it like being a working actor? and no I don't mean, like, celebrities who "made it" in Hollywood and have millions of dollars and live a high-class life and attend the oscars and stuff... because let's be real, the odds of making it that big are quite slim. So, what's it like just being a working actor who isn't 'famous'? what's your salary like? what's your day to day life, is it hard that you booking another job is never guaranteed?
I'm Irish and I lived in the UK, I got Spotlight membership while there which is regarded as a necessary thing for UK agents to consider representing you. I also joined Equity, the UK union. I let my membership of both lapse last year since I now live in the Mediterranean and COVID stopped everything, and I can just reboot them when I need to anyway. However, I have no plans to go back to the UK. When it's viable to do so (COVID etc.) I'll be going back to Ireland to look into the film/TV industry in Dublin. Is there a Spotlight equivalent? I know there's an Irish actors union but idk about Spotlight.
Hello all, Any Europe based actors in here? I am currently living in Italy and I was wondering how the acting scene is out here? As well as if you have any tips and tricks to find castings all throughout Europe? Any websites, groups, etc would all be appreciated!
I hope this is an okay place to post this. But I’m curious. I’m going back to college in the summer and wanted to know if any actors had experiences with certain classes that they then applied to their acting? Non college course classes or just random skills/hobbies that helped are welcomed suggestions too!
Parents of child actors- who do you suggest opening a Coogan account with? Is Actors FCU easy to work with? This will have to be done online, as we need to set it up ASAP. Thanks in advance!
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Hey there! I'm sure the words "aspiring voice actor" have been said on here a million times as are the some of the things I'll be talking about here. The only difference between those and this post (hopefully) is that I've already done research, applied it, and still don't know where I am going wrong. Not to say there's a wrong way to do these things, but I am looking for a better way, and I hope you guys can help. So I don't have a ton of money, but I managed to buy off a Blue Yeti Nano from a friend which beat my Steel Series Arctic Pro headset microphone by a long shot. I know, I know, Blue Yeti isn't good for voice acting, but I did some research and for my DIY setup, it should work for me on a budget than an XLR mic that I'll need to get extra components for. My current setup up is to go into my closet with my clothes hanging up, set my laptop and mic on the wire racks, and drape a thick blanket over the top shelf so it covers down to about my waist with my mic facing towards me. I can get as close enough to kiss the mic and as far as about a foot away. I record using Audacity and OBS since for some reason Audacity record s it super soft. I tried messing with settings and making my own preset to try and make my voice sound cleaner, but besides calling an alt account on a Discord call and messing with the EQ and for some reason noise reduction, I don't see any improvements, just more muffling of my voice. I'm a bit new to Reddit so I don't know the proper way to put images here, so I'll copy-paste this and hope it works. Regardless, I do have an audio test just for you guys that may hopefully help. [https://youtu.be/0KQqvOxh4EE](https://youtu.be/0KQqvOxh4EE) I've been thinking of running my audio through Adobe Audition with virtual audio cables like VoiceMeter or something, but I haven't heard good things. My laptop has Nvidia Broadcasting, so I usually use its noise suppression to record, and in those cases, I get something that sounds like the "New Voices" upload on my Casting Call Club (Sorry for the shameless plug, youtube won't let me upload the mp3 and idk where else to post it for a link form for y'all): [https://www.castingcall.club/m/ArcadeAnimations](https://www.castingcall.club/m/ArcadeAnimations) Once again, I would appreciate any and all feedback, and sorry for such a long post. Have a good day! https://preview.redd.it/32hgmjccwxi61.png?width=1189&format=png&auto=webp&s=4270b60eaa5e590fa5de07306ad597534d95056d
La casting/ casting networks is increasing its price from $16.95 to $25.95 per month!? How’s The pandemic been treating you? Better yet, how’s your career going now that you are one year older? Lots of new reel footage? Unless your Tiffany Haddish, the answer is you probably didn’t book much during the pandemic. Now that we see a light at the end of the tunnel, time to gouge our eyeballs! I don’t know, maybe I’m Covid salty, but actors are usually one month rent away from moving back into their parents garage. Why after all this, a huge price increase!? I’m diverting my screenplay to making casting networks the big bad! Rant over. Probably.
So, I can imitate many accents, I am really good at it. However, I myself have an accent when I speak normally (latino) so doing the average American accent is the hardest for me. Like I said, other accent are fine, is just the typical American one I have a problem with. Could I still become a voice actress?
I have mastered the non-speaking roles but have been struggling to get more speaking roles on professional productions (even though I get a lot of them on independent productions and do have a couple small speaking roles on professional productions). My acting teacher advised me to simply say no to the non-speaking roles that I am offered or negotiate an upgrade to make it clear that I am a professional actor who is only looking for speaking roles at the moment. That’s how he managed to get to the next level and it makes sense because I have gone through something similar in another aspect of my life and saying no really helped me. This is something I haven’t tried yet and I do believe that hanging on to smaller roles is what keeps me from moving forward to bigger roles. But at the same time, should I risk the only thing that I have at the moment? Did any of you make this sacrifice and got better opportunities after that? Or did you try this and now regret it? I want to know about it! Thank you!
Hi so I have a YouTube channel with over 12K subs and 2 million views, and I'd really want to interview these voice actors from this mini kids web series! I've been practiced my interviewing skills for a while now, and I think I'm ready for the real thing! However, I'm really unsure on how to approach them and was wondering if there was any advice on contacting them! ​ ​ ​ \-If your wondering what the show is called, it's called Toca Life Stories
I have a demo reel on Actor’s Access but my manager just recommended that I upload clips instead. My entire reel is basically “dramatic”. Would I label each clip “drama” or specify exactly what they are? For example there’s one scene of me in a confessional with a priest revealing my mother’s sins. Another is me opening up to the girl I’m dating about my past. Also- how long should clips be? What is the standard? TIA
Like seriously. There is no job security whatsoever. Like even if you somehow bag a big role in some serial, years down the line when it's over, there's a solid chance you'll still be jobless. I mean whenever I look up the imdb of any actor after watching a movie or show they were in, I always find that the gap between their big break and starting point to be several years. Usually 10, and even then once they've 'made it', they dissappear after their breakout performance. It truly is a trying business.
I'm woc in NYC and I'm curious about getting a wardrobe consultant - perhaps a new haircut/look. If there's anyone that did a great consultation for you would love any recs. Thanks.
Hi! I use the free version of Actors Acess and do not have an agent. If I get a premium membership, will I be able to see more casting calls? Thanks!
Hey everyone.. I am 23 living in Toronto and am thinking about becoming an actress. I’ve always wanted to but due to the pressures of my parents I waited to finish school first. I think it’s time to go after my dreams. I have no idea where to get started so any advice or which acting schools to look into would help! I was also wondering if you guys had any thoughts on acting in Toronto vs. Vancouver? Is one better than the other in terms of opportunities?
Soooooo yeah, i think you probably all heard about this AI that automatically generates dubbing process in any language based on the original actor voice. What are your opinions about it? Do you think that it will ever kill off our work for good or every voice actor around the world will riot against it?
Tips appreciated. Ive been listening to my own voice, and the thing about *ME* hearing *my own voice* is that, it’s very difficult to hear it from a 3rd person perspective, and then, decide what types of characters my own voice would fit into. I’ve been trying to see what other actors i sound similar to, and the search is difficult. But I’m sure it would be easier for someone else to do it for me. since I don’t want to rely on others for everything, how do you think I could find these things on my own? Thank you for all the help Sincerely -Taco
*Firstly, I wanna tell you that I don't know anything about acting. I just had this question and came here.* I sometimes think that Heath Ledger recognition/success for playing the Joker in the movie Dark Knight is **partly** because of the character he had assigned to play (the Joker). Don't get me wrong, I think **the acting of Heath Ledger in that film is very good**. And I also know that he put a lot, a lot of effort into preparing for his role (In fact, he spent a month in a room preparing his character). But, I think that playing a character like the Joker gave them the opportunity to play a character that is extremely different to "a normal person", therefore a lot more fascinating and also that expresses a lot more of emotions. And that seems a great advantage respect playing a conventional character. Let's imagine that there are 2 actors (A and B). Actor A is asigned the role of playing a conventional cleaning lady who wants to abandon her job and loves her children (like most parents do). Actor B is asigned the role of playing a crazy psycopath who hates society. Even if the 2 actors put a lot of effort into their role (the same amount of effort) and they both have the same level of acting, it seems to me that actor B has A LOT more chances to be loved by the audience or even be praised for his/her acting. I know that the acting is important. But, is it possible that the character an actor plays could give them way more chances to the actor to really succeed or be loved by the general public (those who don't know about acting)?
Looking for opinions. It's pretty well known that a ton of people who are trying to make it as actors need flexible side jobs. Do you think background work is a good side gig for actors? I'd really like to hear your opinions as to why or why not. Keep in mind, the answer may differ depending on market (ie, LA vs Vancouver could easily have different answers).
I follow a casting director on instagram. She was doing a q&a and answered a question saying her self-taping pet peeves are when 1. actors read their sides as a monologue bc they don’t have a reader, and 2. when they prerecord the other lines. I 100% totally get that this is annoying- hell I’d probably be annoyed if I was a cd bc things like that could sacrifice the integrity of the acting, etc, but... considering the state of the world, can we please be given a break? It’s not safe for people to constantly meet in person for self tapes. Some people don’t have both phones and laptops for using a virtual reader. I just feel like too much is expected of us at times!
Hey! I'm 15 year old male from Europe, Lithuania. I'm kinda lost on what to do: I only think about acting, specifically in movies or TV shows. But the thing is, that our country (Lithuania), has a damn poor acting industry overall - actors are always the same, poor scripts, close to impossible to have it as a stable and good full-time job in my opinion. And the bad thing is, that I currently don't even know what I wanna work as (rather than an actor) and what to choose to study in those upcoming years, I'm screwed :D. Anyways, my goal/dream is to somehow study acting and book jobs in America (Los Angeles might be a good place), because I think it has way more oppurtunities and side jobs, and I think I act better in English language (dunno why, just the way it is). I think that you guys might not be able to help me in this situation, but I'm really lost on what I want to do in life rather than acting in America (I know, I know, it's a dumb dream, but I really would love to achieve this) Yep, I might be too young to understand things and I'm just currently maybe overthinking stuff. Thanks in advance!
There are a few latinx talent organizations in LA like NALIP and LALIFF. Being part of the community, would you say joining these organizations through paid membership to be able to go to the events is a good way to meet latinx directors and actors? Anyone here is a member of any film festival organization?
Hi everyone. I just recently got into acting again after years of feeling like I wasn't good enough. So far, I've been getting some pretty unexpectedly positive results! I know how hard it is to get auditions right now, let alone receive a callback. And I'm afraid I just wasted an opportunity. I have done tons of self-tapes so far. Those are great with me, as I'm primarily a screen actor. But I got my first zoom audition for a play and had a whole week to prepare a monologue for it, but didn't end up even picking one until last night. I tried to find the time every day to find one and memorize it, but it seems as though other projects kept getting in the way. I still do not have it memorized and the audition is in 2 hours. I don't even like the monologue after doing some analysis on it, so it makes it even harder to prepare. Does anyone have any tips on finding and preparing a monologue? Also, any tips on zoom audition? That being said, my reading of the monologue is flat and boring. I keep tripping up on the words and know I will just make a fool of myself. So I'm deciding to skip the audition unfortunately. I do not want to make this a habit, however. So any tips on getting back on track would be great! What do you all do to be in actor mode every day? I find that it gets hard for me to slip back into being able to portray a character after something like this. TL;DR I could not find the time to find a monologue. When I did, I could not find one I could get into, so I settled. Now I'm having trouble memorizing the monologue, my reading of it is so boring, and I have the audition in two hours. Unfortunately, I'm just going to skip it. How do I get back on track and stay in actor mode and be more prepared next time?
I've been seeing a huge uptick in younger actors, particularly if English is not their first language, using the term "casted". This is not a real term and can make you look green in an audition or networking setting. No shame in using it, but now you know! If you see other young actors using it KINDLY let them know, no reason to shame anyone over it!
My parents have my life planned out for me: I'll graduate highschool with awards and honors and my diploma. I'll go to a top-notch university, I'll get a good job that pays well. I'll get an arranged marriage (marry who ever my parents want me to) and then have kids with him. Live a typical normal average, mundane life. but I DO NOT WANT THAT!! I HAVE A DREAM! A PASSION! A FIRE INSIDE ME, TELLING ME TO PURSUE MY DREAMS! I want to go out into the world, I want to become a world-successful actress and singer, start my own business, I want to fall in love in the streets of paris, I want to explore everything this wondrous world has to offer! I want to accept an Oscar! I want to get drunk on a california beach under the beating sun and just scream and laugh and LIVE, I want to LIVE, I want to ACT! All I ever want to do is act and sing and LIVE oh how badly I crave for that. I do NOT want to go to university. college is not for me, I just know it. HOW THE HELL DO I TELL MY PARENTS THIS?!
I go out for a lot of high school aged girl roles. I am much older. I would much rather prefer to do serious roles. That is what resonates with me the most. I am a serious person and I like serious roles. I like emotion and drama. I was expressing to my family how I do not even want to do these auditions because they simply do not interest me in any way. I can barely get myself to read through the sides. They told me that "real actors would play anything." Is it bad I am so particular? My mom keeps suggesting that maybe this isn't for me because I don't have much to show for my acting career, which sucks to hear. I simply just want to audition for the right roles or create my own content. I'm overall feeling shitty. I haven't booked anything in forever either so that isn't helping either. Should I tell my agent/manager what I want to go out for? Do I audition for these roles even though not one bit of me resonates with them?
Hi guys. I’m 21 years old I’m an actor at college, based in Scotland. My friend who is in the same class as me, put my name forward to be apart of his friends production which he has now dropped out of. In fact, everyone from my college has dropped out apart from my self. The director lives around 40 miles away. I said yes, thinking it would be ages away as the production is in May. We are do a pantomime and I’m an ugly sister. The director is my age. I’ve changed characters twice, but I’ve learned most of lines. We have rehearsed on Zoom since January and now the producer wants to rehearsal in a studio space which is outside my council area. In Scotland, we have different areas. We have been told to stay in them due to lockdown in Scotland by our prime minster and we can’t leave our area unless it’s essential till lockdown eases which won’t be till late March. The majority of the cast, live in that area and I do not as I live the furthest away. They live in Glasgow and I live in Ayrshire. I told my parents and mum isn’t very happy. She told me to tell the producer that he is not thinking of current COVID Rules and they don’t want me fined. I messaged him and he brushed it off saying he can get someone to take me to the rehearsal as the trains in my area are blocked currently due to a landslide. Which they are. My mum is refusing to drive me to the next train station. What do I do? Do I drop out like the rest of my college class did or no.
We are makeing a comdey show episodes will be 1 to 5 minutes long. Right now we have 3 man and 1 woman in cast. Looking to add more peolpe to cast. 1:Looking for two more woman, ok with man try out too we need people, and we are all Races-friendly and LGBT-friendly and 18 and up for the age and it's no pay for now we are just starting on youtube. 2: looking for people who are good at writing and director's too Email me at castingroommates@gmail.com to gat a interview by Google meet or zoom
Hello everyone, I am a local actor here in Seattle Washington and I’m wondering what the best way to get the opportunity to start auditioning for larger productions out of state? How do you even go about being able to see these larger film/TV casting calls? I know I have more work to do and things to get done before doing so but it would be nice to know so when I’m ready I can start reaching for these bigger auditions. Thanks in advance for any info or advice you all might have for me! PS I do currently have a commercial agent here and do frequently look at Backstage and other casting sites like Casting Network and Casting Frontier. Here is my IMDb link if you are interested
Has anyone found the comment section useful in landing an audition? What would you normally put there then so that you don’t sound annoying?
Hey I just wanted to let everybody know that I am part of a table read on Discord. So if anybody’s interested please DM me or even just ask down below also please spread the word.
Finished The Tudors on Netflix back in August and in 1 episode some actors were rehearsing and this included being trained by an actual master of a rapier looking sword for the fight scenes. So I am curious esp since modern theatre gets the hack all the time for not bothering even bare bones basics like parrying thrusts and wrestling an enemy in a pin and stabbing him in the stomach.
TL:Dr ended up ranting. Is improv a way to see if you have some kind of talent that can transfer to acting in a more professional setting? Little background: I’ve always been super into film and always told myself it was my passion and at some day I was going to do get in the industry. I know that sounds ridiculous and I know that’s what millions and millions of people always said. I have a lot of ideas and I’ve always kept track of them but have always been too much of a weenie to actually try to do something about it. You could say that I was afraid of failure. I’ve had a lot of shit happen to me (most self-inflicted) that has caused me to see life in a whole new way and realize that I need to stop being a weenie and at least try to follow some of my dreams and put myself out there even if I fail. Starting to wonder why I even wrote all that but anyways.....why I came here in the first place - I’m someone that has a lot of ideas but never wrote anything structured, the guy that everyone says “you’re so funny” even sometimes when I’m not trying to be. I want to say fuck it and start putting myself out there to see if there’s anything I’m good at when it comes to acting and film. My first thought was to do improv to start and see how it goes. At worst, I’ll get out of my comfort zone and live a little but I won’t lie I want to see if there’s something in me that could lead to acting in some capacity. A lot of times when I’m drunk I’ll play characters for fun when I talk to strangers but I play them pretty seriously if u know what I mean and people seem to take me pretty seriously lol. I really enjoy it. Basically, idk why I even wrote all that stuff, my question is: is improv classes or groups a good way to see if acting in some kind of capacity could be for you? I know improv and acting with a script are totally different but are there big actors that started in improv with no training and realized that they had some talent that could be used for acting?
When child actors act in movies I am afraid that they might get hurt sometimes in scenes which are hard to deal with such as when they feel pain sometimes bullying scenes or in scenes in which they have to hold their breath for a long time for doing something how do they feel about those scenes will those things affect their future or will they get over it
I am not in this industry at all but when I watch films I always wonder what is it that sets an actor/actress apart from the others? What are the signs of good acting? Apologies for my cluelessness!
I've read some really good scripts lately from students but one thing I've noticed is they often have unnecessary make out/sex/ nude scenes that come out of nowhere. One script I thought was terrific and then at the very end the woman ends up naked in a forest, for no reason. And the student wanted to film a sex scene with a handheld camera. I was horrified. It ruined a brilliant script. As an actor it makes me uncomfortable going for student films with this type of material because I don't know how they'll handle the scene and how safe an environment they'll make it for the actors. Why do student filmmakers feel they have to put these unnecessary scenes in? What are other actors thoughts on this? My friend thinks they put them in because they want to target a wider audience with their material but I don't know about this.
I am not an actor, and I know nothing about the business, but I think my question fits here. How do I go about finding who is representing a specific TV/movie actor? Is there a centralized source, some kind of directory? I'd like to contact 2 or 3 Hollywood b-listers to gauge their interest in my project. Sorry I can't be more specific because of confidentialy issues. Thanks for any ideas!
Really dumb question Does actors access mail you a bill or something?
Hi. I am a 19 y/o from India and I am at thar stage of my life where I am confused af about everything that there is in my life. When I was about 14 or 15 years old, my teenage harmones were a little too much bear with and my mind convinced me that acting as though I'm having a fit would save me from all the consequences of the mistakes I have made. Later on, I started enjoying the kind of care I received after every "fake seizure" and I repeated this whenever I didn't feel like attending school or whenever I didn't do homework. I put my family through a lot while pretending to be a sick child. I know it's terrible that I did something like that, but I have forgiven my younger self cuz I know she's been through a lot and it wouldn't be kind of me to make her feel more shameful. This whole drama that I managed to pull out for a year has made me wonder how good I am at acting. I mean not everyone in my family can be so stupid that they believed me if I were just an average actress. I also am a good crier. I can cry my heart out for something that I absolutely have no feelings at all. I sometimes feel like I have been acting in a lot of other aspects if life. So the question here is that I wanna know if I should give acting a go with whatever domestic experience I have or is everything that I have said got nothing to do with the profession at all? Me is clueless. This is the first time I am actually talking about it. It has been the top secret of my life and WOW it feels good to spill some beans.
Does it work as an advantage vs profiles without one? My agent has never asked me to do this (she’s a beast at getting me quality auditions), but was curious if it’s something that other actors have used and gained even more of an edge.
Before Covid I was attending an actors workshop for training specifically in television and film. I’ve been going there for the last three years, this year would have been four years. I’m 22 years old and because of my age and the age groups that were set up I take classes with the teenagers because I’m too young to join the adult group yet. I believe the adult group is 25 years and up. I enjoy it a lot and I have learnt a lot and I truly believe I have made nice progress but obviously I will always have a lot to learn. My only issue is only a few of the students don’t take it seriously. When we are left to rehearse lines hardly anything gets done because people are too busy talking about what happened at school or college or making jokes. It got to a point where my partner and I got absolutely nothing done because they were too busy laughing with the other group so when it came to presenting our scene to the class we had to improv. Luckily enough our teacher was impressed with what we did but I still wish we could have actually focused on what we had to do. I’m paying £100 a month for this and I’m scared I’m going to be wasting money. Our teacher shows us what the older group does, he shows us their short films etc and they seem to take it a lot more seriously and I honestly can’t wait until I’m old enough to attend that group. I love my teachers sincerely and the idea of parting with them over this doesn’t feel right. Because of Covid I haven’t been able to attend since last year so I’ve pretty much been watching online lessons on YouTube. I feel like I’m learning more this way than at the workshop. Do I continue attending the workshop? Am I basically ruining my chances at a career if I leave? My teacher is also a casting director who has links with the big studios here in my country. I’m really stuck on what to do.
Does actors access accept prepaid Visa cards and or visa gift cards as a form of payment?...
i was scrolling through actors access and i saw a part that i was interested in. on the breakdown, it said that I can download the script through screenplay online with a certain code. i put in the code and it turns out that i have to pay $10.00 for the script. i was unsure about because i didn’t want to pay for it when i don’t need to. thanks for the help!!
Im a new actor and just curious and scared to put my social # in the form. I will be working for 2-3hours and will get about $500. it's for the video and this is Los Angeles. Is it normal? Do actors fill this form out usually?
hi! as someone who is coming into the world of acting what are some good resources and groups for auditions, casting calls, workshops and more? im currently coming from arizona so any arizona locals that can help a fellow actor out would be lovely! ive been dreaming of acting since i was young and i regret not starting sooner! edit: i really want to get into tv/film acting!
I don't know if the is the right place to post, since I assume that people here are still in the biz. Basically, I’ve had one goal since high school - to be an actor. But as I get older (27) I’m starting to wonder whether that's still the right goal for me, and whether it will lead to a life that makes me happy. But every time I start to think about new goals or other things I could be doing I start to beat myself up about “giving up” on my dreams and betraying my younger self. :/
I'm looking for talented male voice actors (American accent) who can pull off: skittish, young millennial voice (protagonist 1) stoner pothead "bro voice" (protagonist 2) stereotypical youtuber "smash that like button!" voice (side character) hillbilly country sheriff (authority character) ​ The skit will be around 2 minutes in length. If you are interested, please reply or DM me for more details. ​ These are the main characters I have for my skit so far. Starting pay is $30 per character. I would love to hear your guys' reels or auditions if you will. I am looking for someone who can act out the role of a movie character for this skit.
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