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  1. Reddit by bluepopcorn20 Jul 2nd

    New to acting

    So I recently started to get into breaking out of my comfort zone and decided to break into different avenues since I’m young and would like to try different paths in life. How does someone who has no experience in acting start to take their first step into...

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  2. Reddit by Immediate_Train7537 Jul 2nd

    I'm panicking and could really do with some advice.

    So, I am a noob. I am very new to voice acting, but I often practice. I've wanted to be a voice actress for years. I'm just about 17 years old, so, I'm still quite young and I'm going to need to gain a lot of experience. I spotted this very underrated voice...

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  3. Reddit by MechanicConfident797 Jul 2nd

    Form a acting group!

    Hello, I'm new to the acting world and I love to write as well, so I decided to take a page out of this girl's book, I cannot remember her name, but she started a a ring group for girls. want to do the opposite and create group for guy, guys who want to act...

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  4. Reddit by swanrock630 Jul 2nd

    How do I list this role on my resume?

    So I worked background this week as a general party-goer on a low-budget film, I ended up in a scene with the 2 leads and one other background actor. The leads are well known actors who each have millions of followers. The director actually instructed me to...

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  5. Reddit by sugarrcqnes Jul 2nd

    how do you get big roles?

    i feel like this is a stupid question but oh well. how do actors get big roles as their first role? I know this is uncommon, but some actors have huge roles and they haven’t even been in anything else before. eg johnny drop in nightmare on elm street...

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  6. Reddit by AutoModerator Jul 1st

    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...

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  7. Reddit by Goat_Disastrous Jul 1st

    Can someone translate this passage from my contract?

    This is a passage from a show I am doing for a huge streaming service. Due to a sort of loophole with the format of the show, the actors are all non union. As the lead, I am expecting that if this show is even minimally successful I will hopefully have other...

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  8. Reddit by agnesroddy Jul 1st

    Spotlight and making your own work (U.K. BASED)

    U.K. actors - It’s pretty difficult to exist in the industry without spotlight. A lot of advice says to create your own work - but spotlight doesn’t take student films and I’ve heard they are picky with theatre. But hypothetically if I wrote and produced my...

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  9. Reddit by Iceycat1234 Jul 1st

    Am I a fraud? UPDATE

    Am I a fraud Hi so I had an audition back in January went real received a callback, callback went great as I’m being moved up in a small window of actors for a lead roll in a feature film. The problem I’m struggling with is 1. I’m nonunion, 2. My acting...

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  10. Reddit by Iceycat1234 Jul 1st

    Nolan north

    Hey Reddit not sure if many of you are familiar with Nolan north but I have a question about his career in connection with mine. Now Nolan north never started out as a voice actor he just naturally was being submitted for voice over work. Ok now the question...

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  11. Reddit by chillingonasanddune Jul 1st

    Casting Sites for Toronto, Canada

    The casting sites I know of are Backstage, ActorsAccess and Mandy. Are there others that I'm missing? Thank you for any answers I receive and I apologize if this has been asked before :)

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  12. Reddit by Iceycat1234 Jun 30th

    Referral from a friend?

    So recently I became friends with an actor I met on a short film set. He’s been giving me great exposure and has given me a great opportunity in a really unique YouTube video with lots of exposure. Would it be too much to ask him to refer me to his agency?

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