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Backstage · 2 Jun 2019
Hello! Struggling a little with finding an agent. Many want a referral, and the several I have emailed have not responded. I have a commercial agent, and have done several commercials, but want to transition to what I’ve trained so hard for. Are follow up appropriate for the agents I’ve...
Backstage · 2 Jun 2019
Hi everyone I wanted to know if anyone has sent out any of their voiceover demos to agents via email or submissions and gotten response? I was looking to send my voiceover demo to some VO agents such as CESD. would love to hear some thoughts and any advice!
Reddit · 2 Jun 2019
Hi All! I've been in LA for about three and a half years now and am finally accepting it isn't where I really want to be. I'm really happy and proud of the training I've done here, how I've evolved as a person, and how I've deepened (word?) as an artist - but after a visit to NYC it became blatantly clear that I've bee…
Reddit · 2 Jun 2019
I am trying to get started on my dream of being a voice actor, but I have run into a problem. I have no earthly idea what to record to advertise my voice and my anxiety makes me feel ridiculously stupid anytime I record anything. What types pf recordings are people supposed to put on their profile and any reccomendatio…
Reddit · 1 Jun 2019
Just wondering if being on sites like Fiverr or Upwork will negatively impact my odds of finding an agent (and I know I sound naive). Thanks!
Reddit · 1 Jun 2019
I want to end up doing tv shows and movies to be specific.
Reddit · 1 Jun 2019
Hello actors! I recently (three days ago) had an audition with an agency (BMG talent) and I thought it went really well. It seemed to me that the agent was teasing a three year contract. I’m based in Chicago. I am wondering how long I should expect to wait before I hear back from them. How long did it take for you to h…
Reddit · 31 May 2019
Guys, I'm just now getting comfortable with the idea of what I have to do to put together a career. I'll be 40 in 2 years...then trying for 10 years maybe?.. I literally can't see myself do anything else (I tried) but I don't even know how to survive let alone have enough money for auditions.. How does anyone survive l…
Reddit · 31 May 2019
I’m just very curious because I’ve looked it up before and I always find very little.I haven’t been acting for long I’m only 15 and I’m open to slit most ideas
Reddit · 31 May 2019
So I few days ago, I saw a post on Reddit looking for actors to do an unpaid vlog style series. It's kinda like Lonley Girl15 if any of you guys remember that. Well I got a part and was excited, but then I started thinking about my future as an actor and it got me thinking if I should take it or not. Like could this ge…
Reddit · 31 May 2019
Hoping someone can help. Looking for a scene for two actors involving PTSD and the military. Thanks for any suggestions.
Reddit · 31 May 2019
I get you need grades for a back up career but do casting directors take grades into consideration? I’m guessing not, but just wondering.
Reddit · 31 May 2019
Hi guys, I am an actor. Recently I made a short film using only my smartphone, a cheap mic and one light. Let me know what you think. This post is just a motivation that sometimes we can create our own work and never stop develop our skills. Thanks.Here is the link:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4NFB6kNT4](https://…
Reddit · 31 May 2019
I was recently invited to audition for a local company that hosts a 'rep' season every summer, and have been cast. Today is the end of the first week of rehearsals so for the first time since leaving Drama School, where we were taught in the old English Rep. system, I'm actually 'in Rep.'! Two roles in 2 different show…
Reddit · 30 May 2019
Any stats you know of would be super useful! Thank you!
Reddit · 30 May 2019
For an actor to convincingly play a role and generate raw emotions, it must resonate with something within his own psyche, right? I'm not saying that "LEDGER IS A SOCIOPATH". But the human unconscious mind is so vast, complex, mysterious, and deep. For him to play Joker as well as he did, do you think it reflects a dee…
Reddit · 30 May 2019
I'm going to spend some time making a site for voice actors to find jobs and connect with others, what is something you would love to see implemented in an online voice-over site that other sites like Voices.com or Voices123 just dont quite have?
Reddit · 30 May 2019
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 a…
Reddit · 30 May 2019
Honestly, I have no idea. I think I want to become an actor, but I'm not sure if I'm good for that. How can I tell if I should be doing it or not?
Reddit · 30 May 2019
This week on the Placing Faces Podcast, we talk to [Jeremy Gordon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1873883/). He's the casting director who created [the Casting Directors for Actors Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/CastingDirectorsForActors/), and he's worked on projects like Marvel's Cloak and Dagger, LBJ,…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
I am wondering what some people’s experiences are getting into the acting scene. How did you go about getting an agent, getting your name out there, etc? All advice welcome!
Reddit · 29 May 2019
so , I was Audrey in a production of little shop of horrors , I used a combination of method and Stanislavski (emotional memory ) to really effectively tell the story of being abused and having a warped self image . they talk a lot about making yourself into the character ...no one ever tells you how to separate yourse…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
As I’m starting my acting career, there’s always been the one thing that I’m worried about, my family watching what I do and there being uncomfortable, intimate, or romantic scenes I’m acting in. I’ve become more comfortable and am open to doing this types of scenes, but how do you deal with the reactions you get from…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
I am 2 days from opening night for a show I'm in, and the better the show gets the more it is draining me. I'm playing a voice in the head of a schizophrenic high school senior, named Demon, and I have to say a lot of vile things to the character whose mind I reside in. My character is attempting to push him to suicide…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
Commercial and Film/TV.
Reddit · 29 May 2019
I never asked my coach what technique it is that I am using. I want to take an intensive on it because I get the best results. ​ My coach would ask me to think about a person and access that emotion or memory of them and throw it into the scene relevant to what the scene was about. I tried the 'moment before' bu…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
BE AWARE -- I don't recommend anyone to get in touch with Nine9 The Unagency!! Please do yourself a favor and Google the name of their company and look for others' reviews as well!! ​ So, I live in NYC, me as well, and like many others, saw an ad on Facebook that says that they're looking for actors and extras f…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
i have a interest in acting and i got all of summer to kill so i was wondering if i could get a few jobs working as a extra or actor. but advertising my self on multiple websites is very costly so i was wondering around the London/southern part of England if there is any way to get jobs as a extra with out having to pa…
Reddit · 29 May 2019
Does anyone have any experience with any of the Actor's Connection showcases and could speak to its legitimacy?
Reddit · 29 May 2019
Hi actors, Mike here. I host an a podcast for actors called The Actor CEO Podcast and have been doing so for almost three years and over 100 episodes. I talk to industry pros and focus on how actors can treat their career like a business and build sustainable creative lives. ​ I would love to jump on some other…
Reddit · 28 May 2019
I'm working with a company (JIGReel, I've heard good things about them) that produces demo reels for actors. They have writers who will write a short scene, and on-call actors who act in the scene, and you're supposed to pitch them scene ideas. My understanding is that this is supposed to highlight your strengths as an…
Reddit · 28 May 2019
Hellooo aspiring actors/actresses! So I have been recently been seeing a lot of \*scary things that happen in the acting industry like selling yourself to get a role etc... is this all true? what is the reality of the acting industry?
Reddit · 28 May 2019
What's the best place for actors to live in Los Angeles? I want somewhere safe and close to lots of auditions. Cost of living aside because my budget for rent is still to be determined since I'm not sure if I'm going to have a roommate or not.
Reddit · 28 May 2019
It’s literally all marketing. Targets a few type of people 1. Insecure people not doing anything looking for a fantasy. Wow I want to be an actor it’s my passion! 2. Rich parents who didn’t raise their children properly afford for them to go to LA to pay for shit 3. People with no social skills thinking taking acting c…
Reddit · 28 May 2019
Do SAG rates apply to background actors in Atlanta? If so, what are the general background rates?
Reddit · 28 May 2019
Hi fellow actors in London, I wanted to ask if anyone has any recommendations for places like minded actors get together and network at? (any particular fringe theatres, university film societies etc) I know the Actors Centre is the obvious one, but just wanted some further suggestions as I’m looking to collaborate. Ch…
Reddit · 28 May 2019
because she was an intern in the agency and after her internship ended she asked whether she could be represented by them as an actress. She says it in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHfgjBNQTjQ&t=42s) video. Is this a legit way to "network"? I mean i feel like interning for something completely different and t…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
I’ll get straight to it, I’m in my late 20s - opportunities to go to drama schools were not really there in the UK when I went to school or university because they were majority private and non government funded - and I came from a broker than broke family. - And yeah; now they are funded, I still can’t get financial h…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
I've heard a lot about the Blue Snowball mic being good for beginning voice actors. I've read some positive and some negative reviews on it, the positives often being about how it's good for beginners and how it's affordable and the negatives often being about how it has a low bass and that it's a bit fragile. Does any…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
If you send someone a link to your Actors Access profile (and if they are members too), can they automatically see all your media attachments and photos? I'm having trouble finding the answer and managed to just confuse myself while looking since some sites let you choose which media things are actually attached to you…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
Hi everyone, Are there any introverted actors active in this group? Just curious how you manage yourselves, working with other actors and being onset with lots of other people.
Reddit · 27 May 2019
I come from a small European city and have literally booked all of my projects on my own. Most of the working actors in here don't even bother getting an agent since we have a minimal amount of projects available and our "talent representation" is so tragic that it's better not to have one. You land roles by networking…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
Hi all! ​ When I first started out acting, I had tons of questions that no one really had answers to, and once I moved to NYC I found it even harder to get any of those answers, because honestly there are no real definitive steps to success in this industry, just anecdotes. ​ Regardless of that fact, I ma…
Reddit · 27 May 2019
Hello Everyone, I have a cousin who wants to move out here to LA and live with me to pursue an acting career. He’s currently a certified Paramedic on the east coast. I'm hesitant on letting him move out here. I don’t want to get an apartment with him and then he fails and leaves me holding the bag. I've seen it happen…
Reddit · 26 May 2019
The beautiful female groupie (character early 20’s, actress must be at least 18) has no lines. She's the girlfriend of the main character's best friend (both are professional bicycle racers), and, as such, is 'familiar' with the main character. The MC's girlfriend, though, doesn't know this and reacts badly, leaving hi…
Reddit · 26 May 2019
So I am attempting to be an opera singer, musical theatre performer and possibly a film actor(dont really wanna be a world class famous one) but I have a shit bladder. I also have bad panic attacks which is amplified with this bladder problem. Getting into the scene or song can distract me from this bastard of a proble…
Reddit · 26 May 2019
Hi there! So as part of my interest in voice acting I also have been doing research on what all I need to get into the world and begin voice acting. I already know that a microphone is a must-have. I'm looking into getting an audio technica at2020, blue yeti, or monoprice large diaphragm microphone (any other recommend…
Reddit · 26 May 2019
I also don’t think branding is important for us doing our work. Go for the stories you want to be telling. People on the other side of the table can think about this, but it only puts actors up into their heads and removes them from the given circumstances of the scene. So often I see young actors get “typed” by someon…
Reddit · 26 May 2019
On Friday night I made my debut in the MCU as Toad on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! It was such a cool experience and I'm so friggin' happy with how it turned out. I've had good years and bad years in LA but I never wanted to quit because I knew that this is what I wanted to do. Patience, dedication, and good old fa…
