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By faking a fit everytime I needed to escape a situation/needed attention, I fooled my entire family. My "performances" have been so believable that they still believe those were epileptic seizures. by buffaybananahammock  •  last post Feb 20th

Hi. I am a 19 y/o from India and I am at thar stage of my life where I am confused af about everything that there is in my life. When I was about 14 or 15 years old, my teenage harmones were a little too much bear with and my mind convinced me that acting as though I'm having a fit would save me from all the consequences of the mistakes I have made. Later on, I started enjoying the kind of care I received after every "fake seizure" and I repeated this whenever I didn't feel like attending school or whenever I didn't do homework. I put my family through a lot while pretending to be a sick child. I know it's terrible that I did something like that, but I have forgiven my younger self cuz I know she's been through a lot and it wouldn't be kind of me to make her feel more shameful. This whole drama that I managed to pull out for a year has made me wonder how good I am at acting. I mean not everyone in my family can be so stupid that they believed me if I were just an average actress. I also am a good crier. I can cry my heart out for something that I absolutely have no feelings at all. I sometimes feel like I have been acting in a lot of other aspects if life. So the question here is that I wanna know if I should give acting a go with whatever domestic experience I have or is everything that I have said got nothing to do with the profession at all? Me is clueless. This is the first time I am actually talking about it. It has been the top secret of my life and WOW it feels good to spill some beans.

Looking for actor's that live in Las Vegas by CastingRoommates2021  •  last post Feb 20th

We are makeing a comdey show episodes will be 1 to 5 minutes long. Right now we have 3 man and 1 woman in cast. Looking to add more peolpe to cast. 1:Looking for two more woman, ok with man try out too we need people, and we are all Races-friendly and LGBT-friendly and 18 and up for the age and it's no pay for now we are just starting on youtube. 2: looking for people who are good at writing and director's too Email me at castingroommates@gmail.com to gat a interview by Google meet or zoom

Does SlateShot Make a Difference on AA? by MarieN1989  •  last post Feb 20th

Does it work as an advantage vs profiles without one? My agent has never asked me to do this (she’s a beast at getting me quality auditions), but was curious if it’s something that other actors have used and gained even more of an edge.

How to break into a bigger market. by Woahgio508  •  last post Feb 20th

Hello everyone, I am a local actor here in Seattle Washington and I’m wondering what the best way to get the opportunity to start auditioning for larger productions out of state? How do you even go about being able to see these larger film/TV casting calls? I know I have more work to do and things to get done before doing so but it would be nice to know so when I’m ready I can start reaching for these bigger auditions. Thanks in advance for any info or advice you all might have for me! PS I do currently have a commercial agent here and do frequently look at Backstage and other casting sites like Casting Network and Casting Frontier. Here is my IMDb link if you are interested

Would online lessons set me back? by honeymoon9  •  last post Feb 20th

Before Covid I was attending an actors workshop for training specifically in television and film. I’ve been going there for the last three years, this year would have been four years. I’m 22 years old and because of my age and the age groups that were set up I take classes with the teenagers because I’m too young to join the adult group yet. I believe the adult group is 25 years and up. I enjoy it a lot and I have learnt a lot and I truly believe I have made nice progress but obviously I will always have a lot to learn. My only issue is only a few of the students don’t take it seriously. When we are left to rehearse lines hardly anything gets done because people are too busy talking about what happened at school or college or making jokes. It got to a point where my partner and I got absolutely nothing done because they were too busy laughing with the other group so when it came to presenting our scene to the class we had to improv. Luckily enough our teacher was impressed with what we did but I still wish we could have actually focused on what we had to do. I’m paying £100 a month for this and I’m scared I’m going to be wasting money. Our teacher shows us what the older group does, he shows us their short films etc and they seem to take it a lot more seriously and I honestly can’t wait until I’m old enough to attend that group. I love my teachers sincerely and the idea of parting with them over this doesn’t feel right. Because of Covid I haven’t been able to attend since last year so I’ve pretty much been watching online lessons on YouTube. I feel like I’m learning more this way than at the workshop. Do I continue attending the workshop? Am I basically ruining my chances at a career if I leave? My teacher is also a casting director who has links with the big studios here in my country. I’m really stuck on what to do.

Actors access comment tool. Helpful? by Awkward-Ideal  •  last post Feb 20th

Has anyone found the comment section useful in landing an audition? What would you normally put there then so that you don’t sound annoying?

Actors book club table read by bamram88  •  last post Feb 20th

Hey I just wanted to let everybody know that I am part of a table read on Discord. So if anybody’s interested please DM me or even just ask down below also please spread the word.

Considering he lived in the time of close quarter weapons like swords, was fight scenes of Shakespeare's play more realistic esp compared to modern theatre? by EvaWolve  •  last post Feb 20th

Finished The Tudors on Netflix back in August and in 1 episode some actors were rehearsing and this included being trained by an actual master of a rapier looking sword for the fight scenes. So I am curious esp since modern theatre gets the hack all the time for not bothering even bare bones basics like parrying thrusts and wrestling an enemy in a pin and stabbing him in the stomach.

Improv as an intro to acting by AmiWrongDude69  •  last post Feb 20th

TL:Dr ended up ranting. Is improv a way to see if you have some kind of talent that can transfer to acting in a more professional setting? Little background: I’ve always been super into film and always told myself it was my passion and at some day I was going to do get in the industry. I know that sounds ridiculous and I know that’s what millions and millions of people always said. I have a lot of ideas and I’ve always kept track of them but have always been too much of a weenie to actually try to do something about it. You could say that I was afraid of failure. I’ve had a lot of shit happen to me (most self-inflicted) that has caused me to see life in a whole new way and realize that I need to stop being a weenie and at least try to follow some of my dreams and put myself out there even if I fail. Starting to wonder why I even wrote all that but anyways.....why I came here in the first place - I’m someone that has a lot of ideas but never wrote anything structured, the guy that everyone says “you’re so funny” even sometimes when I’m not trying to be. I want to say fuck it and start putting myself out there to see if there’s anything I’m good at when it comes to acting and film. My first thought was to do improv to start and see how it goes. At worst, I’ll get out of my comfort zone and live a little but I won’t lie I want to see if there’s something in me that could lead to acting in some capacity. A lot of times when I’m drunk I’ll play characters for fun when I talk to strangers but I play them pretty seriously if u know what I mean and people seem to take me pretty seriously lol. I really enjoy it. Basically, idk why I even wrote all that stuff, my question is: is improv classes or groups a good way to see if acting in some kind of capacity could be for you? I know improv and acting with a script are totally different but are there big actors that started in improv with no training and realized that they had some talent that could be used for acting?

Seeking multiple male voice actors for a comedy skit by HiCaptainPunch  •  last post Feb 19th

I'm looking for talented male voice actors (American accent) who can pull off: skittish, young millennial voice (protagonist 1) stoner pothead "bro voice" (protagonist 2) stereotypical youtuber "smash that like button!" voice (side character) hillbilly country sheriff (authority character) ​ The skit will be around 2 minutes in length. If you are interested, please reply or DM me for more details. ​ These are the main characters I have for my skit so far. Starting pay is $30 per character. I would love to hear your guys' reels or auditions if you will. I am looking for someone who can act out the role of a movie character for this skit.

IMDb Star Meter by WennesseeTilliams  •  last post Feb 19th

In light of a certain actress being fired for her... *interesting* posts, I've seen some people championing that she's now the top actress in the entire world because she's first on IMDb's Star Meter. Without getting into all that, does anyone know how this meter works? I'm not sure if this takes into account general publicity for their rankings or what. Also, what is its relevance to the industry? Have you ever found your position on this meter has had anything to do with your career? Thank you!

Weapons Training and Set Safety for Actors by lunchwild  •  last post Feb 19th

I was watching the original Robocop last night and it made me wonder ‘are all of these actors with guns stuntmen, or actors given guns?’ I couldn’t find a clear answer so I decided to book a course. Next fall - assuming the world isn’t still burning, I’ll be flying out to take part in a 4 day course created for actors which includes firearm handling, techniques, procedures, marksmanship, live fire practice, set safety and others. If anything it will be fun and something cool to learn. Has anyone else done anything similar and to what extent did it become useful? I imagine such training would be most useful to stunt actors or actors leaning hard into the action genre - that’s not me at the moment, but I can learn to lean lol

Hired THEE BEST VOICE ACTOR to read my poem by rgalvan90802  •  last post Feb 19th

Where do actors in commercials come from? by Fair_Expert_651  •  last post Feb 19th

I've always wonder about the career of actors in commercials. Where do companies that advertise the products get these actors from I know about the process of becoming an actor in movies and tv shows. But I've always wonder about the process of becoming of an actor in commercials. All those people that we see in commercials, how do they start their careers? Do they just do one commercial and never do another one? Is been an actor in a commercial similar to be an extra in a movie? If I watch an actor or actress in a random commercial, I'll be hard press to noticed if I they show up in another commercial.

parents of child actors... HELP! by Little-Cranberry9125  •  last post Feb 19th

My 10 year old was recently picked up by a reputable agent in NYC and landed a pretty big role.... What do I need to know going into all of this? What are some questions that you suggest we get answers to? What are some things you wish you had known when you were starting out? We just got the call yesterday and will be getting some more details soon, but I want to make sure that I have all my questions ready for when we sit down to hash out contract details. We are fairly new to all of this and this is her first big role... feeling slightly overwhelmed but excited as well! TIA!

Is background acting a competitive industry? by TimPrice2  •  last post Feb 19th

We all know that acting is one of the most competitive industries in existence. What I mean is that there are exponentially more people trying to make it as actors than there are roles. How is it for background acting? Is there an serious imbalance between the number of actively working background actors compared to background roles needed? Is it fairly easy for new people to get background work? Is it a case where it starts hard and gets easy once you make it into SAG (which seems hard to pull off if you only do background). I'm not talking about right now during the pandemic, I mean normally.

TapNYC showcase thoughts by nycfranks  •  last post Feb 19th

Just had an audition with them where about 15 actors all performed a monologue. Some of them were great but about half have 0 business being in front of a rep right now. Most people performed monologues from tv shows and “monologue database websites”. Yikes. It seems like only a few people had drama school training. You pay like $500 to perform in a showcase (this isn’t so different than The Growing Studio or other workshops). However their next showcase is in July?! Looking on IMDbpro, all of the “alumni” I’ve met are reppped by the same manager (the owner of Tapnyc, who frankly gives me Mr Cusenau from Barry vibes) and a couple have legit film credits but most don’t. They say Abrams, Avalon, etc view showcases which sounds good. It sounds like in the showcase the actors all perform original material (strange) including new music from Carner and Gregor if you’re a singer (cool. I knew about C&G in drama school 5 years ago but haven’t heard of any new stuff they’ve done??). Overall I’m feeling like this isn’t a scam but it seems like a waste of time and money. Anyone have any thoughts about Tapnyc, other showcases like The Growing Studio or what is the best use of time and money right now when trying to get representation?