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Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
Hi, I'm a screenwriter and I was wondering the perspectives of actors while reading scripts. I want to see what works with you guys and if certain wording can help getting into character better :)
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
I'm looking for a male actor (20-28 years old) living in Montreal, it's a short film about two exes who find themselves after not having seen each other for over a year. If you're interested, hit me up! I can send you my directorial work.
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
Super new here! I have a few questions about an agent I just met yesterday. We got along great, he was open and told me directly that he was new and recently opened his agency. I was actually referred to him from another agent whose experienced. Long-story short, this new agent is actually training under the experience…
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know of a survey that I am developing with my high school’s Intel Research Program. Currently, I am studying the correlation between theatrical participation and empathy levels through the use of three surveys. To collect data, I need a large sample of actors and non-actors. It wo…
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
I hope this doesn’t sound too pessimistic, but I’ve been wrestling with these conflicting thoughts of “I want to be a great actor!” and “Realistically, I’ll probably never get anywhere.” I love acting, but how do I deal with the reality that it’ll most likely amount to nothing?
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
This post is out of pure curiosity, as I currently have no idea what I want to do with my life and the idea of acting just crossed my mind. I live in very close proximity to NYC if I ever decide to try it, which I'd assume is convenient in some capacity. Anyway, I'm 6'7", average/slender build. No worries at all about…
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
Next summer, I am planning to stay in London for a month. Are there any acting classes there that I can take? I know there is a summer program at Guildhall and that the RADA offers intensives and adult classes, but is there anywhere else I should pop in and take a look at or just other places in the area I should come…
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
I managed to convince my sister that 1) people have lived in Antarctica for thousands of years, and that 2) the natives are immune to the harsh weather conditions, so they can wear shorts and a t-shirt in minus 40 degrees Celsius :D I somehow managed to keep a straight face throughout this conversation, and now she gen…
Reddit · 30 Jul 2018
Hey, I’ve been a lurker on here for a while and just wanted to send a virtual hug to anyone who needs it because this industry is...well, fill in the blank. I’ve been having an extra tough day (well, couple of years in all honesty) and just thought others might be also. Even though I type this with tears, I know this t…
Backstage · 29 Jul 2018
Does anyone have any idea at all which is better between Baron Brown, Ruskin, Aldersen or Dvorak? They all seem to have pretty good reviews. Has anyone been?
Reddit · 29 Jul 2018
What is your thought on Lee Strasberg school? It's really famous and I've heard good things. John Ruskin school. I've heard that some experienced actors go here but it's more like an actors therapy group while not learning too much about Meisner There's the Actors Bootcamp which is a very common generic name, but I hea…
Reddit · 29 Jul 2018
I am working on a student film. The genre is action/thriller. I am playing an antagonist! We are about to shoot the climax sequence, where I would be bashed by the protagonist. The director wants to shoot a fight scene between the two of us. The shoot is day after tomorrow. And I am very nervous about it. I need some s…
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
Hey friends hope you’re all doing great! I have a question. I’m 2 years into drama school and I also self produce comedy sketches and other videos on platforms like YouTube and Instagram. I have built up a social following and am scared that this may hinder my chances at certain roles. I have spoken to my teachers who…
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
When applying for a role whether it's acting or modeling, the minimum you need is a headshot. If you apply for a role, especially from a casting notice, with a selfie, or a candid shot and think this is okay. You are mistaken. These are the first ones I throw into the garbage. If you say nothing and just send a link. N…
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
I am fairly new to Reddit (24 days today). I’m a personal acting coach Mon. -Fri. on set of a network crime drama. On the weekends I try to make time for some up-and-coming young actors. But I was looking for a way to keep busy on set between camera set ups and other people’s coverage. We are often there 12-16 hours a…
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
disclaimer, i am new to reddit and to how it works. ;) hi! im going to call myself ender. the thing is, i want to be an actress. full time, hollywood even. i know its tough, i know its hard as heck, i know its almost impossible. but still. i enjoy and love acting, always did, always will. i acted in school plays and so…
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
Please feel free to ask any question at all related to acting, no matter how simple. There will be no judgements on questions posted here. Everyone starts somewhere. So ask away!
Reddit · 28 Jul 2018
Hey doods. Currently out in LA strugglin. I am taking acting classes and looking forward to doing some Shakespeare in the next month or so. I have made a fee connections, but am seriously struggling. I have to work so much just to make ends meet, and I have to drive what seems like forever to get to auditions (if i eve…
Backstage · 27 Jul 2018
Hi everybody!! Im a begginer in the beautiful world of acting,and i would like to know what do you think about my performance on this monologue written by joseph arnone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sv1QjRV9wg&t=7s i would aprecciate opinions,tips and advices!! (Im spanish,so i would appreciate also tips about my e…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
My only experience is being a main character (4 total) in a play at uni and, for whatever reason, perhaps acute awareness of my incompetence, i found it boring. Never felt like i was IN the role; just felt like a performing monkey. (Only time i "connected" was during a short reading, using an image my prof suggested) M…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
I live in Los Angeles. My manager has usually been pretty flexible with my auditions, but no one was able to take my shift and my manager needs help during this particular shift. If it was a lower budget project I wouldn’t have a problem asking for a time change, but this is an audition for a really big TV show. I have…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
i've rationalized my entire existence as "put on this planet to be an actor". now that i've been doing this for a few years and see how truly awful it is, that it is a LOTTERY FOR RICH PEOPLE that really has nothing to do with talent, i just want to be done. almost every single actor i've ever met has been a cut-throat…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
I’m an attorney with a passion for acting. I realize it’s quite logical for someone in my position to be interested in acting (eg influencing a jury is acting mostly), but I think performing as a character or someone other than myself is really my calling. It’s so much tougher being myself in front of an audience rathe…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
In the not so distant future, I think we as actors could see the old studio contract (or a version of it) come back into existence.. An actor is paid by insert platform, "Netflix" annually with health benefits and pension and agreed to do so many projects throughout the year and can be loaned out to other platforms whe…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
Hello! This is Winnie Hiller. I’m a Hollywood acting coach, working on writing a book for actors who need to learn the basics. Agents and managers often send me young actors (many with no previous training) to coach just before their auditions for film and tv roles. I have learned what works in coaxing out a believable…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
Hi guys, I don't know much about US schools or musical theatre so I'm seeking some advice; a friend of mine (UK based) was just accepted onto this Young American's 9 month program in Corona, LA; when he originally submitted his audition tape he was much more interested in going into teaching musical theatre and thought…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
I was really excited to share an interview with an actor that I felt shared tons of neat insights. The actor really turned negative and despite my best effort I had to basically say, I might be a nothing to you, but I'm not a doormat. (let's leave it at that). Here is an excerpt that I thought was cool; Also, it's more…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
Hi all! I’m an actor based in NY who spends way too much time on his website. I was wondering if anyone knows a place or site or service where a CD or manager or agent can give you feedback. Any and all leads encouraged! Thanks! -rr
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
If you're an LA/NY native this doesn't apply to you. This topic is directed towards those who packed their bags and moved from out of state. For those of you who made the big move to two of the biggest markets for actors, do you enjoy living there? Does the question of "*this is where I plan on living the rest of my li…
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
I can imagine that it gives you a lot of great experience and makes you less nervous about auditioning in general, but if you're terrible, won't casting directors remember and not call you in?
Reddit · 27 Jul 2018
Studying Theatre and Drama in College and one of my assignments is to plan a workshop with a specific takeaway Theme. My title / Theme is "Communication: The Power and Place of Words". Just wondering if anyone has some suggestions for drama games specifically orientated around Communicative / Persuasive / Debate Techni…
Backstage · 26 Jul 2018
Tried to post my information the system will not accept my information from another web site (voice123) I have demos there and all my basic who what and where.
Reddit · 26 Jul 2018
I have posted this on a couple of comments threads already but might as well share it to everyone. There is a Facebook group called talent managers for actors. It has dozens of managers, casting directors and agents who want to be accessible for actors. It was created because a group of managers noticed that there was…
Reddit · 26 Jul 2018
There's this myth that they supposedly work for us, not the other way around. So can I just preemptively tell him (politely and tactfully) that no fucking way would I ever want to work with him? Or do I have to be politically savvy and wait to be humiliated by his own 'you're not good enough for me' letter? I don't kno…
Reddit · 26 Jul 2018
I can make a list of excuses but I just haven't read that much in my life of 44 years.. maybe a dozen books, so I want to commit to that advice. I remember an acting coach once said to me that reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" is one of the most important experiences an actor should have. In the vein of that statement, w…
Reddit · 26 Jul 2018
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 feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do a…
Reddit · 26 Jul 2018
Hey reddit actors! I am a Programming Fellow at HERE, a non-profit off-off Broadway theatre in SoHo. I’d like to offer a couple special deals to our current show Symphonie Fantastique, by the legendary puppeteer Basil Twist, recipient of the MacArthur Award. The show is a super unique performance that is basically unde…
Backstage · 25 Jul 2018
hey everyone! i recently joined this website this week - i've been applying to gigs nonstop. i want to be realistic about my qualifications, so its been mostly background work. i'm super eager to work, however of the 27 gigs i've applied to so far, i've only heard back from...
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
Today I was giving a character actor some advice, and I thought there might be some others here that could benefit from it. As actors you are both the salesman and the product. Many of you are going door to door, asking people to buy, and you don’t even know what you’ve got in your suitcase. If you want to be cast in m…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
Small local theatre. Nerves got the best of me. I didn’t do as well as I could’ve. Got some lines mixed up... Afterwards they told me to do over some lines but in a southern accent. I did the best I could. I’m not going to kick myself in the butt for it, it’s all in the past now. I’m just grateful for the learning expe…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
I was in plays and a theatre school when I was younger, I attended various auditions in London because I had some agent linked to my theatre school, and I had an acting teacher that help me sit graded exams in Lambda, I reached grade 7, however now I don’t go to college and haven’t done any of that stuff anymore, I was…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
Hi...it’s Winnie Hiller. I’m an acting coach in LA and though I work with a celebrity actor everyday on set, I like to coach and give advice to young actors who are new in the business, too. Yesterday I read a post here by a girl who had an audition that she felt didn’t go as planned. Nerves got the better of her, and…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
This is more a reminder for a lot of long time subscribers to r/acting, but for any newer actors who haven't been here a long time: First of all, read the sidebar. If you did, you'd see Jenna Fischer's book in the recommended reading. I'm almost finished and I cannot recommend it enough. It is the most definitive guide…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
I’m 5’7. And please don’t bring up Tom Cruise. I’ve been the lead in dozens of films, all non paying low quality and have an agent, and I still find I can only get in the room on student films and lower quality projects. I’ve dropped thousands of dollars on training and produce my own content with a group of like minde…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
Hi, first of all I’m 18 years old I just graduated from HS and I’m going to start college next month I’m going to study system engineering, but, I have ALWAYS being interested to be an actor, to be honest I don’t want to go to college and study “Film & Arts” (I don’t really know how is the career for acting called in E…
Reddit · 25 Jul 2018
i'm going to be asking a lot of questions, because I'm trying to understand how to move forward in this industry, and industry seems to not give clear answers on these questions, or everybody's answers are different, or their personal egos get in the way of giving honest answers, so I think this place is the best place…
Reddit · 24 Jul 2018
Hey guys, I thought I would post an audition notice where the actors are. **TRUST FALL** **Feature Film** | **Non-Union** | Starts: **Sep 1, 2018** (flexible)| Filming in: **Orange,** **California,** **United States** ROMANCE/THRILLER - A homeless man saves an abused woman's life and they fall in love. They realize tha…
Reddit · 24 Jul 2018
i'm at a point in my life where I either go full-force into pursuing acting, or do something else entirely, because i'm not really on the same page with any of my friends anymore, as a result of pursuing acting in NYC where most of my friends are in other industries, work opposite schedules, etc. i'd like to be around…
Reddit · 24 Jul 2018
Thinking about doing TVI's 5 day intensive in LA. Has anyone done it or heard anything about it from friends? I don't live there but I can make the drive pretty easily, just wondering if it's worth it. Bonus question: I was in a pretty big commercial but only had one non speaking scene that lasted maybe 5 seconds, but…
Reddit · 24 Jul 2018
This isnt meant to be rude but rather a judgment of audition tapes I have seen. I probably have managed to see over a hundred actors from well known agencies (found the agents video channel) . Just wanted to check out the competition. I was a little shocked. Some of these agents or managers are big names and the tapes…
