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Reddit by UlysseesYou Nov 6th

Question for actors and aspiring actors

During your childhood years, did any of you display an inclination towards acting out/recreating scenes of your favorite shows, movies or characters from television or film? I don't mean in a professional sense whatsoever, more so just a kid in the backyard...

Reddit by Tricky_Machine575 Nov 6th

People's experience with Actors Access Talentlink?

Is it good? Any success? It's 35.00, I'm thinking of doing it for New York. What are others thoughts on it? (essentially the service is supposed to connect you with agents and managers through actors access.)

Reddit by Kooky_Order_9688 Nov 6th

Tips for parents of child actors? First steps?

My 14 year old daughter just auditioned and got a role in a major motion picture - this was her first ever audition with no practice or lead up. She beat out 363 people for the role… Saying all that to ask, what now? We are running into issues with school...

Reddit by forde_e Nov 6th

What to on breaks

I am a new actor and I have a break in between classes (that I thought would be filled by another class but isn’t) . I wanted to ask what do you guys do when you are on break from acting school, do you join another school or …?

Reddit by DanWitter Nov 6th

Any help?

Any local male actors with ease or previous experience in a drag queen character?

Reddit by bunnyhophop11 Nov 6th

Martial Arts as Asian Actor?

​ I'm a young 20 something Asian Actress and I was thinking about better ways to amp up my resume. I came to the conclusion that learning a martial art might be just that. I'm a trained dancer in all genre's so the process of learning it won't be too...

Reddit by caoroux Nov 6th

Is it worth getting a new set for headshots for a different look such as my hairstyle?

I have great headshots with my wavy hair but my hair is also curly, especially if I help it with hair products. There aren’t a lot of curly haired actors of my race and type of look so I’m wondering if it would help if I can showcase that my look is...

Reddit by TheSeventhPrince Nov 5th

Auditioning For Roles You Can't Attend?

Hello! New actor looking to ask a question: Is it appropriate to audition for a role outside of my home state if I know that, more than likely, I would be unable to travel for it? I'm curious to know whether it would annoy casting directors. It's just that...

Reddit by goatsneedhugs Nov 5th

Self-Taped Reel or Fully Produced Clips?

Hey guys!! So I've acted in several student/indie shorts, but have only received footage back from one (and it's just not something I'd want to put on my reel). For the past couple years, I've used short self-taped scenes on Actors Access and as a reel...

Reddit by Brave-Court-1582 Nov 5th

Who are your favorite *young* character actors?

and what would you actually define as a character actor? can a lead be a character actor?

Reddit by Barkeep_W_A_PewPew Nov 5th

Just a few questions because my career is finally in my hands

So I'm leaving my agent soon because they mostly focus on child actors and haven't been very helpful for the past couple years, plus I'm 18 now and kinda wanna fresh start rather than picking up what my mum and agent have been overseeing. So there's a few...

Reddit by Wyattbd4362 Nov 5th

Do acting schools let you miss class to partake in films?

I’ve been thinking about taking a 2 year acting school to better myself as an actor but I also want to constantly try and get roles for the shows and movies. Hypothetically, if I was in acting school and I got a part in a decent movie production, would the...

Reddit by Jhg178 Nov 5th

You know that saying " there's no such thing as a dumb question," well. . .

I'm ticked off about BG and extra actors being treated so badly by production etc. Recently, on a four day shoot, I was in a pivotal role ( a judge in a military trial) where we did crazy hours, got served cold, terrible food and even starved one day from...

Reddit by Perfect_Excitement65 Nov 5th

Actors access advice

What do you do to make your actor's access stand out and get more auditions? Right now, I only have two headshots on my profile with no slate shot, and I don't have a reel, so I use one of my professionlly recorded auditions. I recently took more headshots...

Reddit by keegtirr Nov 5th

What material do you use to practice/for demo reels?

I am completely brand new to acting, out of school right now, have no connections, no experience from school, etc. So i'm basically learning and building my foundation from scratch. I want to make a demo reel out of self tapes and I was wondering what script...

Reddit by PaxG0ldc0re Nov 5th

Acting/talent agencies in Chicago?

I am 17, almost 18 and I will be moving to Chicago for college along with some other friends. We all plan on living together, a bunch of actors and writers. Anyway, I was wondering if there were other actors/writers/comedians here who both live and work in...

Reddit by gldiatr0 Nov 5th

Do actors struggle with being fake or not themselves when they're not acting?

Acting requires you to fake who you are and how you behave. Does this translate into your real life?

Reddit by Costemore Nov 5th

Not aiming for a career?

Hi! Since there aren't any stupid questions out there, I thought I might as well share something that's been on my mind lately. ​ I have dreamed of acting in a historical film/tv-show/whatever for almost as long as I can remember. Both History and art...

Reddit by actionj32 Nov 5th

If I change my look by shaving my head would my acting clips be useless?

I’m a 24M actor & this past year(my first year of acting) I was blessed to book quite a few lead roles in films & was even a guest-star on a network TV show! This is great because I’ll have clips to put together a solid demo reel & will hopefully help me as I...

Reddit by reddishMVP Nov 4th

For everyone asking if it’s been slower recently: