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Reddit · 1 Mar 2019

Anyone have good tips for getting frequent work as a Sag Aftra Actor in LA?

I use La Casting all the time I gets stuff there, I just joined a month ago which is awesome the pickings are slow. I don't know any other good sites or resources to pull from. Im going to register with Bill Dance next Tuesday but that's it. Unfortunately I was recently suspended from Central because I was late to a gi…

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Reddit · 1 Mar 2019

Does anyone here work as a Bonobos Customer Service Ninja?

I was looking for a new job to keep living the hustle and I saw that the position and I sort of matched up. Not too different from my previous jobs but then i found out there was an actor on backstge who worked for them and did an interview saying it was flexible and then I saw some other people list that as a job whil…

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Reddit · 1 Mar 2019

Post not going through

If any moderators see this post, I am new to reddit and am an actor seeking other like minded people and a support group. I recently posted a headshots asking for feedback, and the post can’t be found under the new page. Is this normal? Thank you!

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Post - Feb 28

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 · 28 Feb 2019

We need casting sites for the UK for our sidebar

Hey folks! We've got some US-centric casting sites (Actor's Access, Backstage, etc) in our sidebar but we need things for the UK since plenty of people over there frequent the sub. Help us out and list the best ones here!

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Wanted: Female voice for indie game narrator/radio companion. [PAID]

Hey! I'm reaching out to try and find a female voice actor to play the role of the narrator/radio companion in our game. The character in question can talk to the player's character but the player character can't talk back, meaning that the role involves a lot of monologues and essentially takes on the form of a one si…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Business Cards

Have any of you had any luck with business cards? I’ve met a few actors who have had them and am curious if that seems like a worthwhile idea. I was about to give it a go, but wasn’t really sure how to go about it. I just had two headshots (one front, very different look on the back), and my name and email. Not sure wh…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

If you were to estimate as a new actor (<1 year actively auditioning) how many times do you audition per month, and how often do you book?

I’m coming up on my 10th month of actively auditioning with my talent agency, and although my agent gets me a lot of auditions, (a lot being maybe 2 a week if it’s a good week/month, as I’m in the Seattle market) I feel like I’m just not booking. I’ve never booked through an in-person audition, and the only things I’ve…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Self-Submission and an Agency

I submitted myself for a role on actors access which was received and accepted. They asked for my agents info and email to confirm. I do have an agency on there however since it was a self submission, do I still have to give them my agents information? Thank you Edit: I’ll loop them in, I appreciate it guys.

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

I want to start.

I've been acting since elementary up until I graduated high school about 8 months ago. Although I never gave it a legitimate thought I have a deep passion for acting and would love to make a career out of it. Any advice for someone like me who has the experience but just doesn't know where to start? I am located in Hou…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Uk/Irish Actors- Need your help- Agency question

Hey all, This question is more specifically aimed at Actors in this market. I'm a hardworking and skilled Actor. I've done alot of training ( although not a 3 yr drama school) and I have really good footage, showreel and have been professionally cast and have pro credits. I was previously with a top agency in London af…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Breaking Talent Agent Contract/Pay Question

Hello! I’m consistently booking paid student and short films, and even getting auditions for larger projects on known networks by submitting myself via Backstage & ActorsAccess. My talent agency (P) is a new agency that I signed with earlier this month after they parted ways with my previous agency (G) and I chose to g…

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Reddit · 28 Feb 2019

Leaving an actors workshop more confused than confident.

Hi all. I currently live in Atlanta GA, which at the moment is experiencing a great influx in films/TV being shot here. I love it. At the moment I am an unsigned actor. I have been going to some workshops here recently that big agents in the Atlanta region attend. They go to scout out talent and see if they like what t…

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Backstage · 27 Feb 2019

Lines...and Memory

Hi! I have heard often times of the actor/actress changing up the script as they go along, but WHAT do you do if A) you are given a script with typos or a lack of fluidity w/ no table read and B) You forget your lines, but they came out...

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Reddit · 27 Feb 2019

Technique. What do you prefer?

Personally, I’ve been studying in a Strasberg based class in Atlanta for a year and I absolutely love the methods I am learning. I am curious as to what other techniques most actors here are training in? I know that Meisner Technique is very popular in today’s world. I would love to know what you are all studying or if…

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Reddit · 27 Feb 2019

Film scene in Chicago?

I'm originally from Pittsburgh, and was set to move to Queens, NY and share my friends apartment, until he decided to move back to his hometown... Now I currently don't have a place to move to, and am back at square one. I've I don't live in NYC, I would like to live in Chicago. Haven't been to LA, so I don't really kn…

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Reddit · 27 Feb 2019

MFA acting: Pace vs The New School?

I am not completely sure of the history of these two schools and how they are both related to the Actors Studio, but which one do you think is best?

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Reddit · 27 Feb 2019

Issues with Voice123 new UI - Unable to cast a winner among auditions. Why?

Prior to the Voice123 UI change, the casting director was able to choose an actor. On the actor's profile, it would show as a "Hire" button. I currently have anyone I've cast on Voice123 shown as "Winner selected!" with a trophy icon. Recently I had a casting call (58 auditions) but noticed there was no option to cast…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

What's the best source you know for reading about how improvisation is used in scripts to enhance acting immersion? Or your favorite examples? Or the philosophy of it? I'm used to this in comedy, but interested in when it's used elsewhere (drama, horror,

Disclaimer: Not an actor! Just an amateur writer with an amateur interest in film. Had a curiosity and didn't know a better subreddit to ask. I was just reading a comic and envisioning a live action adaptation. And I've had this thought before, which is that despite the dialogue being good, it's somewhat straightforwar…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

Submissions to SAG projects as non-union

My agent submits me to about everything. 2 days ago, I submitted a tape audition to a request he had sent to me, but the role was SAG, and I am not union. I was wondering, would I even have a chance at this role as a non-union person? The most I understand about the rules on this is, in Georgia, a right to work state,…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

Type.

No clue if anybody is even remotely interested in talking about this. And as much as “type” is talked about, I know there is a large portion of those who don’t think an actor has to establish a type via headshots/etc. Me personally, I don’t think a type can be fully expressed in a headshot. I believe in finding materia…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

Auditioning for student/short films in SF

Hello! I’m currently starting out as an actor with 4 productions under my belt, but all of them have been theater productions. I want to audition for student or short films but I only have one headshot from Senior year of high school(2017). Should I use that headshot for the time being or get new professional headshots…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

An ad agency copywriter talks about his criteria for hiring talent

He's pretty honest. Some good insight here for those working in commercials. [http://www.actinginchicago.com/advice-for-actors/how-to-get-a-voice-over-job-according-to-an-ad-agency-copywriter/](http://www.actinginchicago.com/advice-for-actors/how-to-get-a-voice-over-job-according-to-an-ad-agency-copywriter/)

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

Beginning's of a Voice Over Demo!

I see a lot of people asking about the beginning's of a Voice Over demo so I decided to try and help out! ​ **Beginnings of a VO Demo** Voice over demos are an ever evolving vital piece of every VO artist's repertoire. The most important thing to remember when thinking of what to put on your demo is **YOUR PERSO…

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Reddit · 26 Feb 2019

Hello Everyone!!

My name is Andrew I am a Professional Voice Actor in Los Angeles. I have voices in several animes, video games, commercials.. so on and so on.. ​ I am here because I like to share, I'm always surfing the web mainly on reddit or streaming my games on twitch so I may as well be active in a community here!! If ther…

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Reddit · 25 Feb 2019

drama school??? spill

I'm an aspiring actor, I'm 17 years old African-American male and have an agent in San Francisco. I've done some commercial work with some pretty big names and some short films. I want to pursue a career in acting, so I recently auditioned for a few drama schools (NYU, Fordham, UCLA, Pace) and I'm sitting around going…

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Reddit · 25 Feb 2019

Actor parent groups in NYC

Hi! I’m a SAG-AFTRA actress who is also a single parent and I’m looking for working actor/parent groups in NYC. I searched on Facebook but haven’t found anything. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Reddit · 25 Feb 2019

What is the easiest way to get SAG if you're an Actor/Writer or Actor/Director?

If you're making your own material what is the easiest (proven) way to get SAG? I understand that for most people you shouldn't get into SAG until you're ready. But I'm curious what the easiest quickest way is to get into SAG with your own work? I remember before, people found some loop hole and turned any poop-quality…

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Reddit · 25 Feb 2019

New Active Voice Over Discord Here

Long story short, joined a discord I found here and it had many people in it but it wasn't active and upon talking to the Owner he/she had left it to die more or less. SO I took it upon myself to create one that will have scheduled practice days for those interested, have resources and links, demo-reel help and a wide…

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Reddit · 24 Feb 2019

How to tell the difference between Marlon Brando’s “fake” take and “real” take

I’ve just been reading Sidney Lumet’s book “Making Movies” (it’s fantastic by the way) and in it he talks about his time working with Brando on the film The Fugitive Kind. Lumet says that Brando would test directors on his first day by giving them a ‘fake’ take and a ‘real’ take of the same shot. Supposedly if the dire…

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Reddit · 24 Feb 2019

How much can theater classes help you in film acting?

I feel like this is a dumb question being as though there are a lot of prestigious actors/actresses who’ve started off in theatre. But I just wanted to ask anyway. I’ve studied film and have been apart of numerous projects but I’m relatively new to studying acting as I’ve never really put energy and focus in this speci…

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Reddit · 24 Feb 2019

I think I was cut from my first ever role

In October I went to an open casting call for a local project. Jan 22nd the producer messaged me to say that we'd be shooting the segment I'm in, in the third week of Feb and on day one it was seemingly decided that Saturdays would be shooting days. Yesterday, Saturday and the third week of Feb, the director posted abo…

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Reddit · 24 Feb 2019

Question about acting in a play

I am not an actor but I enjoy going to plays. However, there is one thing I see in plays that is like nails on a chalkboard. That is where a woman or 2 women walk around in circles screeching at one another. I know they need to project their voices, but they sound like they are about to break windows. Why is that?

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Reddit · 24 Feb 2019

Review my practice routine and feel free to share yours! :)

Hello friends! I would be grateful if you could review my practice routine: ​ 1-I pronounce phonemes, one by one, while looking at a mirror to work on my lip shape and tongue position. 2-I read a short story out loud. I switch voice depending on whether I'm narrating or reading dialogue. I give each one of the c…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

I Feel Awkward

So I am in this production and I play the character who is a love interest of the main character. There's two things that I feel are limiting my performance. One, he is a very bold character. He says pretty much whatever comes to his mind, without caring or thinking about how other will take it. He's become accustomed…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

So where or who did 'Heath Ledger' Actually train with?

All this mystery and hype around his TDK role but it never says he attended any schools or trained anywhere specific. Acting doesn't just come out of thin air. It was said he did Alexander and I watched a script to screen of that movie where they show the actors and the actual lines themselves from the script underneat…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

Balancing a day job with your acting career

I wanted to get your opinions on this. I work for a company at the moment as my day job which pays me relatively well, and allows flexibility for auditions whilst doing interesting work. However, I've just been offered a promotion within that same company. The promotion would mean a move into an office, more work, a lo…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

How can I become an actor if I'm out of the three main acting areas?

I don't live in LA, Toronto OR London. I live in the Middle East and I am from there. ​ Have been a theater kid pretty much all my life. I'm absolutely obsessed with acting — problem is, our acting communities here are very shit. You have to act in Arabic (which I progressively got worse at as I preferred Englis…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

From an actor’s point of view, what is the best film performance of all time and why?

I’m a movie guy and it’s easy for other movie people to talk about this performance or that performance, but I’m interested to hear an actual actor’s opinion. I’m interested to see if we movie people are right when we talk about the performances in films like There Will Be Blood and Taxi Driver, or if we’re missing som…

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Reddit · 23 Feb 2019

Taft-Hartley Contracts Question

Hey all, I have an audition coming up for an indie that states it’s a union film, but is allowing non union actors to audition. I know not all union contracts allow for actors to join with a Taft-Hartley, but I’m having trouble finding a list of which contracts do, and which do not. The audition is a long bus ride away…

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Reddit · 22 Feb 2019

Where to find auditions for tv shows/commercials

Hey guys I've wanted to be a actor for a while now but don't know where to look for auditions. If you can give me places too look I would very much appreciate it. Thanks

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Reddit · 22 Feb 2019

How much should I save before moving to LA?

I’m an aspiring Japanese actress. There’s not a lot of opportunity here in Japan to audition/shoot for foreign movies so I want to make the big move but was just wondering approximately how much I should be realistically saving before making that move? And which areas in LA do you recommend? (VISA is also an issue but…

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Reddit · 22 Feb 2019

How to not act awkward with the actress I’m working with?

I’m doing a scene right now for my college, and I play a guy who is trying to figure out the best way to propose to his girlfriend. I know the girl who’s playing my girlfriend, and she seems pretty cool. Since we’re supposed to be dating, there’s a lot of touching and acting romantic, but nothing sexual or too intimate…