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Reddit · 1 Apr 2022

Thoughts on Bradley Cooper and Mahershala Ali Actors on Actors interview...

At the 16:42 mark, Bradley Cooper brings up this really interesting notion about the types of actors that come to set. On the one hand you have the actor that comes with everything "mapped out" that leaves the other actor in a position of almost watching the movie as it's being made. The other actor is the one that fin…

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Reddit · 1 Apr 2022

To reel, or not to reel, that is the question.

So, my question is kind of loaded one for my situation and I really need to decide how to continue to seek representation. I've asked something similar here and I got great feedback from the community. But now I need more input on a decision I'm contemplating. I'm fairly new to acting even though I'm a classically trai…

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Reddit · 1 Apr 2022

just started doing extra work in belgium

i put all my info in one of those acting sites, before i tried to apply for something i already mailed me if i wanted to do extra work with a couple speaking lines. its so easy to do it here in belgium i geuss a lot of belgian dont really care about being in movies, btw they shout some big movies here im already gonna…

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Reddit · 1 Apr 2022

A curios question I’ve been pondering. I’ve been studying Japanese and singing but I just can’t seem to pronounce Japanese or sing (passable) unless I use a character voice?

Well yeah… question’s in the title I guess. I’ve been wondering about this! Like is there a reason for this? Like is what I’m experiencing an actual documented phenomenon that happens to people that has a name and everything? Or am I experiencing another weird unique problem and I’m sadly on my own again? And by charac…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Living in one city, working in another

I'm an actress and I live in a smaller market. Recently I've been trying to figure out ways to start to break into a larger market (like LA) without moving there. At least for now. Reason being that my father-in-law is older now, and I would hate to ask my husband to move far away from him with me as his father is in h…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

UK Commercial/Print Contract question...

Hi r/acting, This is a question for UK based actors- I have been offered a commercial contract with quite a respectable agency. After reviewing the contract they will be taking 1/3 of my earnings 'if the booking is inclusive of agency fees' and if **not** then they will take 20% of my gross total. Firstly, has anyone e…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

What are the barriers to entry to acting?

I am extremely delusional and genuinely believe I not only can be but already am better than a lot of successful actors. I am exaggerating for a comedic effect, but I still genuinely believe the essence of that. It seems like it should be an extremely easy thing to prove you are good at, no? Just rehearse a bit and sho…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Feedback

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…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

desperate actress here

hey yall is it weird to dm a little indie filmmaker on instagram almost pitching myself and almost jokingly asking him to keep me in mind for future projects or??????????

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Aspiring actress

I’m 16 almost 17 and I so desperately want to become an actress. I don’t know how to explain it to people but I genuinely want nothing more than to experience working on the set of a movie or tv show, learning and growing as a person and an actress. Does anyone have any advice on how to start an acting career?

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

A young confused actor looking for advice.

So I (21M) have taken a break from acting for 3-4 year after a runin with a horrible and covid, and I now feel comfortable to return. I have been doing everything in these years. I've learned Spanish started a national sports association and have been a campaign manager for different young politicians in my country. Wh…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Less auditions - leveling up or slow?

I’m being a bit impatient on this as it’s only really maybe been a month or two, but might as well make some conversation cuz why not. So I’ve been getting less auditions after starting the year off great with a national commercial, a one-liner on a film, and a callback for a commercial I ultimately didn’t book. I thou…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Staged Readings - tldr they rock

Positionality: I consider myself an intermediate-level regional actor. I'm non-union for now and freelance. I see a lot of folks beginning to act here and figured I'd share a thing I wish I knew when I started. Occasionally - especially in the case of new/developing scripts - there will be a call for actors to do a sta…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Next steps

Hi everyone I’m new to the group I’m from London England bit of a long message sorry , anyways I’ve always wanted to be an actor, but not really known how to get into it. I’ve recently started going to the Anna Scher Theatre I’ve enjoyed it good people good vibes and a place to express myself and actually act. I only d…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Author, audiobook producer, lending my voice to projects. Starting at $5 per 125 words. (Taking advantage of April 1st subrules.) See inside for more details!

Good day, my fellow voice acting redditors. My name is James G. Robertson. I'm the author of such unknown works as Afterworld, and The Ripper. You can find my Goodreads [here](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7138684.James_G_Robertson) which has my website etc on it as well. I will eventually advertise for them, b…

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Reddit · 31 Mar 2022

Question about Screen VS Voice

I was hoping to get some insights from actors here. I'm in a bit of a pickle in regards to screen acting course or taking a plunge into voice acting classes / equipment but I'm unable to do both at this moment. Would VO being the better option to bring in side money to afford screen training or is that just as long to…

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

Do I need an agent?

So I’m fairly new to acting, been wanting to do it for years but was scared because I never really saw too many actors that looked like myself on tv. But I decided recently why not, won’t hurt to try. There’s a good amount of representation like myself in todays media, I feel more confident. However I’m struggling to f…

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

boyfriend's jealousy issues

I'm 22 years old and lately I was the lead in an episode in a one off series on TV.in general I recently realized that I want to try to make it as an actress but my boyfriend of almost 2 years isn't very supportive . He says that If I land another part where I have to kiss someone that he's probably going to want to br…

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

Voiceover Demo Service?

Where can I find a service that produces voiceover demos for voice actors? I was trying to google it but I keep finding actual voice actors. Also, do you have any recommendations?

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

Fiverr Help

Hello Voice Actors of Reddit! I have wanted to do voice acting for some time and thought I’d start on Fiverr. I began to set up my page, but being completely new to this, I had no idea what I should charge along with all of the different specifics of what I should put there. I was wondering if anyone here had any tips…

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

Survival jobs for actors in ATL and LA?

Beginner actor wanting to move to ATL or LA. For actors who live in either or what survival jobs do you have to maintain your acting career?

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

Software for storing and editing audio

I’m an aspiring voice actor and I’m looking for a reliable software that I can use for recording voice audios on my computer. Any recommendations?

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Reddit · 30 Mar 2022

How do I unlock my good speaking voice?

I'm sorry if this isn't an appropriate place for this. But, i figured if anyone knows quite a lot about voices it would probably be voice actors. For some context, I am autistic and i spent a long time in my childhood being non verbal, and a long time following that speaking but not very often and not very well. I feel…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

Questions about voice acting

Hi, i wanted to be a voice actor and wanted to learn voice acting so is there any websites that i can do voice-over or learn how to do voice acting?(sometimes if not most of the time im bad at it but i wanna learn) is there any advice that i should take?

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

confused about agents

so i understand that to start in this industry, one must take acting classes and then gain experience from doing student films, but where do you go after that? how do actors even find agents that put them up for larger productions? do you just search “agents near me”? is there some secret website? do your acting teache…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

Developing a UK-based Casting Site and need your input!

Hey all! Hope this is allowed, apologies if not, but I'm hoping by helping me, I can help you. I've been an actor for around 22 years and have had a fair amount of frustrations with casting sites over the years and after talking to fellow performers, I realised I'm not alone! I decided to begin developing an alternativ…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

How do you feel about community views on dubbed anime?

Hi voice actors, I'm just a curious, non-voice-acting person, but I've always noticed how no matter how good the dub for an anime is, its fans will almost always prefer the original voice acting. How do you, as voice actors, feel about this? Is it despair inducing to know that no matter how much soul you put into the r…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

Volunteer voice actors wanted for a very special project!

So there's this book Spangle, written by Gary Jennings. It's about a traveling circus. It starts immediately after the American Civil War, during which the circus had not been profitable, and progresses as the circus travels through America and Europe and grows in fame, fortune, and numbers. Gary Jennings spent a lot o…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

What countries/places hold the best opportunities for an absolute newbie?

So let me be clear. I am a 20 year old guy who has never acted a day in his life. But its always been a huge interest of mine and I've watched actors all my life. I currently live in Northern Ireland and the opportunities here either don't exist or are for shitty advertising which I don't want to do. I have wanted to g…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

How to act nervous?

I have to perform a scene where my character is nervous/scared. After running through it a couple times, the feedback i received was that it appeared as though I was uninterested (after watching it back myself I would agree). While acting out the scene I attempted to avoid eye contact, speak in a less confident and sof…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

Self Taping Sides?

So I got a request to audition for a movie on a very popular streaming network through actors access and theres 2 files for sides. I’ve gone ahead and filmed the monologue i saw which is a pretty good showcase of me as the character but i’m wondering if I should get a reader and film the other scenes. The thing is— the…

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Reddit · 29 Mar 2022

Any 'Pro' acting communities?

Are there active communities in Reddit that are aimed more toward the 'seasoned' actor? While I check into this community almost daily, here seems to be a large amount of 'how do I get started?' threads and not many pots for pro's that have been in the biz for years, are union members and occasionally earn money from i…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

*vent/ advice needed*

Hi everyone :) i’m an aspiring actor who signed to john casablancas in 2020 (i didn’t know it was a scam till 5 months in the program, though i did learn a lot from them) I’m 16, a black woman. I’m in school it’s been hard to juggle acting and school {i’ve wanted to be an actor since 8, impossible bc of scams ofc} anyw…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

An actor's work vs an actor's handbook by Stanislavaki?

I found *an actor's handbook* in a library, but it seems that *an actor's work* (I would have to buy an ebook) is the main main book to read? Are they different versions of the same thing or are they different enough for me to read both? I'm literally just getting into acting and I'm trying to teach myself some theory.…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

Canadian aspiring actress

Hi all, I’m a 25 y/o female from a small province in Canada. In my area there are little to no opportunities for classes/training here. I’m currently unemployed and have no other passion for anything but acting, and I know I need a side job, but I have a good chunk of money saved to get by for awhile to go all in for n…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

How to Differentiate Between Good Acting and Bad Acting?

I am not new to movies, but I am new to the concept of good and bad actors, simply because I can't distinguish between Leonardo Dicaprio is a Great Actor and someone like Keanu Reeves Mediocre, I can distinguish between completely terrible acting, but these hollywood films, I really don't know what makes a good actor g…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

(NYC actors) How do you find an affordable place to live?

NYC is unaffordable even if you have a 9 to 5 with a salary. NYC actors, how did you manage to find a rent that doesn’t eat up your survival wages? Just want to be along or near the subway somewhere. I’m tired of relying on a car and living outside NYC is a tremendous social boot. Also, a lot of those roommate apps ask…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

Improvisation. Is it necessary to go far in the acting world?

I started acting properly back in November. I'm a guy who likes having order in terms of knowing what to say and/or convey next, so naturally, one of the skills I am shambles at is improvisation. I keep asking myself if its even necessary to improve at if I want to go far in this acting game. So for the more experience…

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Reddit · 28 Mar 2022

Which one is a "better" acting book?

Do you all think there's a "better" acting book among those written by Adler, Meisner, Stanislavsky, or Demidov? I liked Larry Moss' book a lot, and I feel like it helped me understand acting - and how to be a better actor - much more. What do you all think? Thanks!