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Reddit by Calenart Mar 23rd

Hobby to Voice Acting: Who started this way?

Hello! I just wanna know voice actors who began with voice acting for fun (as a hobby) but ended up by getting a job and working professionally with voice acting as a career.

Reddit by Walter-McGregor Mar 23rd

Most important accents?

What would you say are the most important accents to learn and master as an actor?

Reddit by StrobeRogers Mar 23rd

James Lipton studied with Stella Adler?

Hello, I read the above. Does anyone know how it affected his decision to work at The Actors Studio? Thanks

Reddit by redalienbaby Mar 23rd

what makes a great actor?

hi guys im bored and pondering what makes a great actor as there are so many good ones from all different backgrounds with varying approaches to their work im wondering what everyone thinks makes a 'great actor' i know everyone has a different opinion of what...

Reddit by cliffbot Mar 23rd

If a voice actor has a lot of range is there a limit to the number of characters they allowed to voice in a single show or game?

Reddit by bkdrummer95 Mar 23rd

pursuing this for a few years now and I still feel like i'm missing something...?

like how to find work, how to find auditions for things, how to appropriately make connections with casting directors, producers, directors, etc. like should I be cold calling these people on a regular basis pitching myself to them directly? Is that actually...

Reddit by GandalfTheTartan Mar 23rd

Getting into VO and locked down? I've made my voiceover exercise book free for you all.

Hello all, I'm the author of '[Speak and Be Heard: 101 Vocal Exercises for Voice Actors, Public Speakers and Professionals'.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XGS22NC). I've been in voiceover for almost a decade and wrote this book as a culmination of all the...

Reddit by CaringFarmer Mar 22nd

The best piece of advise I have ever gotten from a teacher.

I have read almost every book on every acting technique. From “To The Actor” by Michael Chekhov or “A Respect For Acting” by Uta Hagen and of course Stanislavsky’s work. I often find myself clouded with terminology from different teachers and systems and have...

Reddit by mararomero Mar 22nd

Critique Request - Beginner to VO

Hello! I am an actor in the Mid-Atlantic who recently lost all jobs to Covid-19. I would like to jump in to VO for income and to continue my acting skills during the quarantine. My equipment: Blue Yeti USB Microphone Pop Filter Adobe Audition - Followed some...

Reddit by ProXyXXL Mar 22nd

How to get into acting?

Hey guys, I'm 14 years old and I am inspiring to be a male actor. Whenever I watch actors or actresses I always notice how they all started acting at very young ages and that's really what's concerning me the most, is the fact that all of these people have...

Reddit by BubMurley Mar 22nd

Can I be an actor if I have a nervous gulp?

I have to gulp every like 30 seconds when I'm talking to someone. Even if I'm not that nervous I still gulp. I've been watching actors in movies and they never gulp in any scene.

Reddit by SchizzCrash Mar 22nd

Where?

How do I find people that are looking for actors? How am I gonna audition. Should I get an agent or something?

Reddit by WinonaPortman Mar 21st

Young Adult Pilot Bookings 2020

In [2018](https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/comments/8bpw52/young_adult_pilot_bookings_2018/) and [2019](https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/comments/b9a7p7/young_adult_pilot_bookings_2019/), I made lists of young adult actors aged roughly 23-33 who booked leads...

Reddit by eliseulgs Mar 21st

95% of my auditions were self tapes

Do CDs bring actors who are repped to in person auditions and give actors who aren’t repped self tapes? I usually self submit on AA since I’m not repped but I’ve never been invited to an in person audition. How does this usually work?

Reddit by theLAactor Mar 20th

For anyone that missed the free Zoom class I'll be doing another one Tomorrow @ 5pm PST!!

Just finished my first zoom and decided to do another one tomorrow at 5pm for anyone that missed it. It's on the dos and donts of Hollywood. **This is a free 40 minute coaching for anyone who wants it**. I will try and give a crash course on everything that...

Reddit by leafOnTheRiver Mar 20th

Any software developers/programmers that pursue acting also?

I've been acting for a number of years now, and recently(3 years ago) started working as an android developer. I have found that working as a developer means to actively suppressing my emotions and impulses in order to be productive. This is the opposite of...

Reddit by CuspChaser111 Mar 20th

Heated self-tape debate w/fellow actor... thoughts?

Actors* & Casting Directors: A friend and I got into a heated debate / argument about booking off tape: 1. My friend says he never learns the lines anymore and books more that way. That when he’d learn lines word perfect before he never booked. That character...

Reddit by WinonaPortman Mar 19th

Does anybody know these actors who booked pilots?

I didn't think I was going to have time to complete my annual survey on the backgrounds of young adult actors who booked leads and series regulars in pilots and straight-to-series orders this year, but as events have turned, I have more time for it than I'd...

Reddit by foxofthestorybooks Mar 19th

Does shirt hair on women make it difficult to book jobs?

I’m asking this because I know a girl who completely rocked a pixie to the point that most people felt it improved her look. But she got extensions because she felt like she wouldn’t be able to get roles as an actress. How true is this? I there are more...

Reddit by AmazingChickenX Mar 19th

A-List and Private Acting Coaches? (Scene Partners)

Do A-List actors ever have scene partners in their private coaching? I always hear them say that they get privately coached, but I thought that a private coach would only work on monologues, etc. Do they ever work with scene partners or do they run lines with...