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What are your thoughts on imdbPRO, Backstage? by baryll • last post Mar 24th
Has having these accounts really helped you if you are a signed actor? I eventually plan on making one but I feel like until I have booked a job or two it’s not worth the investment. What do you guys think? Do you get inquired often or are you just submitting via their awful search engines?
Is it normal for an agent to demand actors never discuss pay with other actors on set (or with clients)? by CulainnMusic • last post Mar 24th
As the title says. Is it normal for an agent to demand that an actor never discuss what he's being paid with other actors on a set, or with the client/production staff? It seems kind of fishy to not be allowed to talk to anyone about what you're being paid. How do you guys feel about it?
How do you include the audience into the world of the play? by actingreflection • last post Mar 24th
I'm interested in exploring the relationship between actor and audience. How do you do the play without completely ignoring the audience, or (on the other end of the spectrum) catering to their reactions (e.g. wanting laughs or applause). I would love to know what you all think! Thanks a bunch
What do you all think of successful actors that are not so upbeat or confident? by castdex • last post Mar 23rd
I've been reading here often that CDs want to see actors be confident with themselves on and off camera, which I understand on their part. But have any of you ever thought about actors like Kristen Stewart or Michael Cera that don't come off as upbeat as CDs supposedly look for? How do you think they pull off auditions and get roles?
I don't know if I'm right for the camera by patrick_luvs_LSD • last post Mar 23rd
So I've been attending this actors workshop and they record my scene partner and myself while we act out our scene. And everytime we watch the recordings at the end of class, people will say that I seemed really natural and all that good stuff. But, I look terrible on camera, Im skinny but I have a fat exhausted looking face. I hear that looks don't always matter, but in this case, I don't see myself being Hollywood material. I try not to let my looks defeat me, but its still in the back of my head whether or not I will make it big. I know I'm rambling about myself and it looks ridiculous, but I just need some sort of response; something
i really don't know what to do anymore, pursuing this has just really destroyed me by whatever0971 • last post Mar 23rd
i've been pursuing this for a few years, and i just feel incredibly depressed and disenfranchised. i love acting, man, and i'm good at it. but this pursuit has just destroyed me. now, i have my own views about how the world works, like how the 1% have rigged the economy / cost of life so the vast majority of us are wage slaves barely scraping by, that contribute to my outlook, but pursuing acting has not made it better. every single thing costs so much money, and I have no idea how to move forward or even get paid auditions or even get a decent agent in a major market. it seems like paying thousands of dollars for workshops with no garuntee is what peoeple do, or pay even more thousands of dollars going to conservatories that have showcases. i can't afford either of these things, by a long-shot, so am I just screwed? i hate working these survival jobs that pay you so little and treat you like disposable garbage, and as embarrassing as this is to say, i really don't have many friends either. i'm just not on the same page as literally ANYBODY anymore. my family was never supportive and writes me off as lazy. i've lost touch with highschool / college friends now because i'm 30 and everybody is has a normal job and lives in one place and starting to have a family, and i've bounced around so much. also as a result of being broke for so long I've had to ask for help a few times and people that i thought were my friends pretty much turned their backs on me, and that is probably the worst feeling in the world. but then, the people i've met in acting classes and stuff have either been legitimately crazy, or really clicky, or just rich trust fund kids that are not relatable at all. it's not like i don't have friends, but not close friends, not the way I see other people around me have them, and honestly that hurts really bad. man this is a depressing post, i apologize. i never in a million years thought my life would be like this when i'm 30. i know the answer would be to just "get a full time job", but like what? what jobs even pay above 50,000 these days that aren't insanely competitive by people that aren't trying to be an actor on top of it? i'm just so lost, just floating out in space surrounded by apathetic people, seemingly ok, when I'm not. i dont have insurance or I'd get a therapist pronto. i just really don't know what to do anymore. has anybody been here before, at my age? how did you solve it? i don't have any place to go and recharge, i'm all on my own. anyway, thanks for reading.
Telling a personal story.. vs monologue ? by insert_comment • last post Mar 23rd
I'm putting a personal story into a script I'm writing. I'd love to use it as a monologue for auditions and agent meetings etc.. How 'ethical' is it to do this? I tell the story well, but it's not something I learnt from an outside source. But it's a funny story and will be filmed shortly by another actor. I'm meeting a new agent next week and would love to do this piece.. so... ethical, fake, bad form? Or a smart use of the resources available to me?
Hello actors! I'm here for some dialogue feedback on a horror/comedy I'm writing (first 38 pages) In Tents - five friends go to a UK music festival but have to survive the night when half the festival turn into crazed killers by maffew12 • last post Mar 23rd
If anyone fancies letting me know what they think of the dialogue and characters, I'm currently knee deep in a total from-scratch re write and it'd be great to get some of your thoughts... I posted an earlier draft of this about 5 months ago and feedback was good, I'm hoping this is MUCH better...Really trying to focus on making the characters relatable, actually funny and getting a good ratio of gags to scares.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zft4Ym_THRar97pHInr6FMMTzlbKxArV/view?usp=sharing look forward to your thoughts!
Actors, what the most ridiculous thing you’ve thought walking out of an audition? by trustme_imanactor • last post Mar 23rd
I need to laugh. Because today I left an audition thinking, “I shouldn’t have asked that director how his day was going. No way he’s casting me now.”
What’s your day-to-day routine of being/becoming an actor? by chrislabel • last post Mar 22nd
Quite interested in what your routine is as an actor or aspiring actor.
Good acting colleges? And what would I need to get in? How does the application process work? by smokeynector • last post Mar 22nd
Hey, so I’m a junior in high school and want to get into acting (or something artsy) I’ve always wanted to be an actor or an artist. And I actually don’t have time since I’m swamped with personal problems and work so the only college I’ve heard of is AMDA which I know doesn’t have the best representation. I also really don’t know what I need to get in cause my “acting” career are two extras in two different plays and now a (bigger) role in twelve angry men as juror six. I don’t really have and roles that I talked much in. But that’s cause I have a slight stutter and I get nervous as hell when I audition. I’m scared that if the colleges look at my old roles they might not think I’m a good actor cause of my past roles. Also how does the application process work? I just don’t know and what to get a feel for it. Sorry this is a lot to take in but I will be asking more questions on here cause I want to learn how to get better (cause I’m not to good) and how acting just works in general. Thanks!
Firefighter and Actor by Prolly_Matt_Damon • last post Mar 22nd
Thoughts on firefighting and acting at the same time? With the general trend being 24 on 48 off (though some time on call), it seems to me that at least training should not be a problem. Auditions seem to be the tricky part though. A quick google search shows that Steve Buscemi was a firefighter for 4 years before a full-time actor, albeit in NY, and we see where he is now. Quite honestly I’m in bit of a career lull right now and trying to find something I won’t utterly despise while trying to work my craft on the side. Unfortunately I’m no web designer or programmer and I’d prefer to avoid waiting/bartending if I can, so I’m in a bit of a pickle trying to find something relatively solid and flexible.
2018 Pilot Season - By City by SecretAgentMan • last post Mar 21st
I thought you guys might find this interesting. It's a list of where each one-hour pilot was shot. Much to my surprise, New York attracted the most projects this year. I had my money on Atlanta. NEW YORK, 11 Get Christie Love (ABC) Holmes Sisters (ABC) The Rookie (ABC, straight-to-series)...
Agent etiquette- asking your agent to submit you for specific roles? by danikabananika • last post Mar 21st
Whenever a breakdown comes out and there's a role I particularly want to audition for, I've been emailing my agent asking him to submit me for it. This is maybe once a month. I only started doing this recently when there was a film that came through my city and there was 3 roles I could have gone for and I wasn't called in for any of them, which is strange, because this CD calls everyone in- so I have a feeling I wasn't submitted. I'm worried that I'm annoying him because it is his job to submit me and I should trust him to do so. But, I know that he works for me, and he's also in a different city and doesn't always get my city's breakdowns... I just don't want to be "that" client and end up being dropped if asking him to submit isn't proper agent-actor relationship etiquette.
Who's your favourite actor right now, and why? by BlaQMalaY • last post Mar 21st
I'm a fan of Idris Alba and Jennifer Lawrence. They're performances have been so natural and convincing in their last few projects.
The Best Headshot Photographer Options in NY? by alamana • last post Mar 21st
DC actor here, and as a reward to myself for the hard work I'm putting into my career this year I'm going to head to NY this fall for new headshots and I'd like to put together a preliminary list of photographers. I love Jordan Matter's work, to give you an idea of what I like. But he does such beautiful work with lovely young ingenue types, and I'm a middle-aged overweight sassy type with an edge so not sure he would be best? I do like [my current headshot](https://imgur.com/DgLqZzu) taken by [this wonderful NY photographer](http://barrymorgenstein.com/adult-headshots/), but his shots tend to be a bit on the glam side (he is known for shooting all those pretty fox news anchor folks), and I'm not sure that's right for me (I once had a film audition and the woman who took my headshot said "Wow, pretty picture! Hmmm?"). This situation kind of reminds me the gorgeous sexy headshot Jenna Fischer shows us in her book that got her zero work. Maybe give me a list of your top five or more NY photogs (without regard to budget--I'll figure that out)? I know that style and industry standard is a bit of a moving target, and that people will have different opinions, and that I've asked you take my needs into account as well, but whatever you can come up with here will help me and I would be ever so grateful...
Two different class options. Need help deciding. by irishmangeek • last post Mar 21st
Good afternoon actors of Reddit. I have started to take action on my long time interest of performance and have some means to take an acting class this Spring after taking an Improv class last year. Overall that Improv class is the only performance training I have, so here are my options. Option 1: 4 Sundays for 2 hours a piece. Roughly 19/hr for instruction. Advertised as entry level and run by the local large theater. Low commitment, but also not a ton of instruction. Option 2: Meisner intensive, 4 hours a day for 13 of 17 days in June. Cost is about 7/hr for the 52 hours of coursework and final scenes. Does claim to be beginner level following Meisner, which i have not researched much, but it is a lot of instruction for a relatively good cost, and probably a good introduction to the idea of the kid of effort that really goes into the craft. So I kind of convinced myself the second is a better option if I can afford it, but I wanted to see what thoughts were from the collective. I am in a smaller market that really doesn't have a lot of film outside of small independent for reference, and the theater is almost all professional level theater, not a lot of community theater really. TIA
Looking for a Great Acting Class? by TheDisasterfARTIST • last post Mar 20th
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Table reads for actors/writers in NYC or L.A? by NimbusCloud1 • last post Mar 20th
Anyone know of any theaters / writers groups where writers can hear a portion of their work read by actors?