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Doing unpaid work to gain experience as a newbie? by Delvakiir  •  last post May 11th

I'm a new voice actor. I've been at it about two months now. I've seen a little success and would like to keep advancing my skills and career. Is doing unpaid work to build up experience on my resume a good idea? I worry that if the work isn't paid I won't be taken seriously as a professional despite any experience being good experience.

Actors Access Talent Link while not living in LA or NY? by Same-Moose-2115  •  last post May 11th

has anybody used talentlink while not living in either LA or NYC? did any agents reach out still?

help with Kronk? by Jeremiahbest4  •  last post May 11th

Hello, I am an aspiring voice actor, just for some fun and I've been practicing doing Kronk from Emporors New Groove, using his Poison for Kuzco line as a warmup but I'm still having issues getting his exact tone down, are there any tips or better warmup lines I can do to really nail his tone and pitch?

Professional voice actor for anime, video games, commercials, etc. AMA by brentmukai  •  last post May 11th

I’m sitting on a plane with nothing to do, if you want advice, I’ll do my best to help!

Do you know any successful actors that worked 9-to-5 while coming up as an actor? by FinzujiCane  •  last post May 11th

We always hear about bartenders and all that, but are there 9-to-5 success stories? And I mean people who actively worked a 9-to-5 while auditioning.

Getting to an acting college in the US for international (ukrainian) student by Lasanar  •  last post May 11th

Hi, I’m M19 (not a weapon lol) from Odesa, Ukraine. You all know pretty well what’s going on in our country and I’m not here to talk about it (but I’ll answer all questions ofc). I’ve worked in marketing and business for 4 years, and even created my own SMM agency, which I had to close in 2020 due to some major fuckups. I decided to not go to ukrainian college or university, cause tbh our education sucks and I could make money and do my career without it. And now, when I am constantly confronted with my mortality I’ve realized that I’ve closed my eyes on my dream to become an actor my whole life (the good thing here is that I’m still young). So I want to move to the US and apply to any good acting college by student visa and try to grow roots in the US and stay and play there. I’ve got some questions for which I hope you could shed some light: 1. Is there any colleges where acting is a major faculty? I’ve seen specializations like “theater” or “filmmaking” when I was browsing college options, but not specifically film and tv acting, which I am looking for. 2. Actually how hard is it to be applied? If we’re talking grades, my high school GPA is B-. I could do much better if I knew I would apply to the college, but I already freelanced then and didn’t care much about studying. Do they look only on grades or they also consider your willingness to learn and your real productiveness? 3. Is it actually possible to study for free or for 5-10k$/year? Cause, you know, it’s a lot of money for Ukraine even at the peaceful times, and now it’s like a shit ton of money. And also how do the scholarships work and what influences their decision? 4. Is it real to stay and get a green card or a citizenship in the US after graduation? And what are the options to do it? Thanks a lot in advance, I know that’s a lot of questions. Take care and I hope nobody will go through what we people are.

Turning 22 in June(F) and will be doing finance work full-time but recently felt a calling toward acting by Icy_Mastodon_3903  •  last post May 11th

Yep. That's me. Turning 22 this June and still am questioning my path in life. I am going into the finance industry because I recently graduated from university with a business degree. I have NO professional experience whatsoever in acting nor have I ever taken a theatre/acting class (except for one film class I took in high school). I have always been told by my friends who are actors/actresses that I would do an amazing job and seem to enjoy it way more than business. It is true! The only issue is that I care a lot about money, so I am sticking with the finance track for now. A lot of my acting friends are broke rn and are struggling to get called back and even get agents. I would be stupid to quit my job and pursue an acting career at this very moment. I am not one to toot my own horn, but I am talking $90,000 salary coming out of college rn. That is my base at the moment. I can't give it up. Most successful actors that I google started acting or doing entertainment work from a young age (typically 12 years old). Is there any hope for me or am I too old to get into this industry? I was thinking of taking an acting class or two this year while working on my full-time job. The only issue there is that my full-time job will require min 40 hours a week for sure. Realistically I will be working for my company 50 hours a week, so is it even worth it to do classes? I am not stressed, but just getting that imposter syndrome because I see people out there doing way more than me. Doing corporate isn't enough for me. I feel like I should do something in the entertainment industry or put myself out there way more. You're only young once, and this is the time to try everything. I am so conflicted.

Grateful and a question by kplily  •  last post May 11th

So grateful to this group! As an understudy actor in their first professional production, this group helped me: 1) Learn my lines quickly. Got cast three weeks before show opening. 2) Being able to go from being an understudy for two roles with different dialect 3) Feeling comfortable asking my overcast and dialect coach for help. Question- Being told that I am monotone/flat when delivering lines. How can I fix it?

Asking for advice. by drbbbipster  •  last post May 11th

So I’m a green actor to say the least. Decided to pursue it later in life, did a low budget, did two student films in community college, and took an acting for camera class in college. The class was after a two year Covid hiatus. I also took one improv comedy class at ucb in 2019 and have done stand stand up since 2018. Ive just been working menial jobs in LA since graduating in December, but recently had a casting director ask me if I acted and give me his email while at work. I’ll definitely reach out, but I don’t know what to say in the email. I don’t have headshots and only have a very short reel. It’s definitely a good contact to have in the network though. Perhaps I’m overthinking. Any advice helps.

Any Suggestions for Professional Coaches / Courses for VA? by mpxicodfish  •  last post May 11th

Hello! I'm an aspiring voice actor who is pretty new to Reddit and would appreciate some suggestions for any professional online coaches or courses I can take. I'm doing research on how to start a career and was intimidated by the many many resources this subreddit has to offer so if anyone has experience with great professional resources I'd love to hear about them! Thank you! :)

should i sign an nda for a short film if it's just a template on google? by WolfOrdinary5875  •  last post May 10th

i got casted and they want me to sign an nda, im a new actor so im unsure if this is a good idea. when they sent the nda over to me i recognized it was from google, ive read it over many times and i dont see anything malicious or exploitative about it so im thinking of signing anyway but i wanted other opinions

acting beginner by DeepLettuce3101  •  last post May 10th

what to do to be an actor now, not having money for a course for now and being in a place with almost no productions?

Any LA actors? by yoshiwaters  •  last post May 10th

LA-Based SAGAFTRA franchised Agency is holding an open call this week for new talent. Submit your information here ([https://forms.gle/SwtrEzjGCuviBwM39](https://forms.gle/SwtrEzjGCuviBwM39)) for an invitation to come and meet with the agents.

Refugee with a dream of acting...Advice needed by AsterLinden  •  last post May 10th

So…This story is going to be a little long story, because it's basically trying to fit my life story up to today in a couple of paragraphs. If someone reads, I would be extremely grateful and I am desperate for any advice. This is not something I can share with friends, or family, because they would think me crazy. And now that I’ve written it, it reads like a story of failure. I am 30 y.o. (turning 31 in summer). Somewhere between 13 and 14 y.o. movie acting became my ultimate dream. I was obsessed with movies, I learnt English by translating biographies of actors and actresses, I adored the very air at the movie theater, I read movie magazines and rented the tapes and I devised a multi step plan of how I, a teenager from Eastern Europe from a family with minimal income was going to ‘make it’. And I was damn sure I was going to! Even if my brother told me I didn’t look pretty enough. Even if my mom said it was a stupid thing to dream about. That plan was based on the tricky thing which was that reality in which I lived didn’t have opportunities for me to really dab into acting. We didn’t have theater clubs at school, neither local theaters in my city and in general, acting as a career at that time in my country was almost non-existent (it’s more or less the same now, I guess, except for theater). So I was going first to move somewhere where this might have been a career and I was meaning to do it by entering university abroad and getting a student visa in the US, UK or Canada. But something went wrong in that plan of mine. Somewhere along the way, temporary things became permanent. At 17 I moved to the capital on my own and entered the prestigious university in my country because I thought it would give me passage to the university abroad and allow me to learn English to the better level. And the major had nothing to do with acting, of course (international relations). Because I considered it just a stepping stone. And because I wanted a safety net, in case I fail. Coming back now, I realize I should have been more honest with myself about what I wanted and being less of a coward. But the whirl of the new life took me in and didn’t let me go. Studying turned out to be hard, my family had financial difficulties, the university in which I studied was all about rich and posh kids of the country’s elite. There was a theater there but the coordinator was our most scary professor of English, and I was too shy, too scared to embarrass myself that I didn’t try getting into it even once. Somewhere along the way I got an eating disorder and depression, never being satisfied with how I looked, how I lived. But I found friends, learn English, learnt so much more about the world and my dream was still alive. While I studied, years flashed by in a blink. While I told myself that I was ‘preparing’ to make the ultimate move, that as soon as this diet will be finished or that exam would be passed, as soon as I do that thing and this thing, I will try to get into acting…”I just need to get ready,” was what I kept telling myself. Now that I think of it, all I feel is bitter taste in my mouth. I finished university feeling completely lost. I didn’t know what to do. I felt like I wasted so much time and it was too late for everything. I felt like a fool evening thinking about “well, now that you’ve wasted 6 years of your life, it’s time to get into that acting thing.” The reality was harsh. A fresh graduate, I needed to get a job, at least a temporary one. I planned on applying to the Master’s program abroad. The financial situation in my family improved and I knew they could support me. I found the temporary job. It turned out to be a really good job with salary much exceeding my expectations at that time. But it was also really difficult for me and took much more time, than I expected. I came home exhausted and unwilling to think of anything, including creativity. That was in 2015. And then the curve changed once more. We were in financial rut again. I became almost the sole provider. And then in 2016 my close friend died. And suddenly I didn’t have dreams anymore. I drowned my sadness in my day job, tried not to think at all, not to remember dreams at night and generally I had an existential revelation that nothing makes sense after all. But fast forward a year and dreams started to creep back again. It’s funny, how they always do. They came in whispers when I went to bed and when I watched movies, which funnily enough I didn’t like watching anymore. But the nagging feeling of something that I should have tried, should have at least tried, never let me go. I felt like a ghost of myself, but that teenage maximalism didn’t exist any more, and I was too wrapped up in the mundane life. On my 30th birthday I promised myself to start fulfilling my dreams at least step by step. I took vocal lessons, I almost finished a book. And then, this year, on the 24th of February, the war happened. And for this I was completely unprepared. My world turned upside down. The city of my friend, in which I celebrated 30 and wished upon the stars to bring me closer to clarity, was destroyed in a matter of days, followed by others. And my sense of reality dispersed. I packed my little bag, took my mother and left to another country. Now I’m a refugee. That sounds so bizarre. After spending so many years trying not to take risks, trying to build safety nets, postponing my dreams, I ended up here, relying on the kindness of strangers and with uncertainty more vast than ever looming ahead of me, just like so many others. The only thing I long for now is to come back home and to have life as it was. But I also have a feeling that now might be the time to take some decisions that might turn my life into completely different direction. Now that it's already upside down, you know. And funnily enough, now is the least suitable time to be changing careers or trying something risky. I’m still in the state of PTSD and nothing is certain but I keep thinking, that maybe this is the time to take the risk. So here we come to the conclusion of this little blurb. I am sitting here, at someone else's kitchen, kicked out of my comfort zone and my city and my country, depressed, shocked and unsure of anything, but remembering my little dream. Of acting, of living multiple lives through other characters. There are different paths to go from here: there’s a program for refugees in the States for 2 years with right to work but you might have to leave after that; there’s a possibility to go to Canada and maybe stay indefinitely and finally there’s a program in the UK where they can give us 3 years with right to work. I know nothing really about acting industry in these countries and how to compare them and if it even makes sense for someone who is 30. I don’t have a lot of savings but I know English and with some work I think I could get rid of the accent. I also love writing and I’ve spent 6 years working for the non-profit but I am so tired of it. And my comfort zone now is long forgotten due to external circumstances. What would you do if you were me? What decision would you take and where would you go to try and pursue that dream? And how would you go about it? What would be considered stupid, what would be considered wise? Or maybe I should just start learning UX design and forget all about this nonsense. But if nothing makes sense in this world, then what difference does it make if you just go and do something stupid after all? As being practical and taking safe choices didn't lead to anything other than this right now.

too late for a stage name? - been acting for 10 yrs w/ 2 co-star roles? by MaveInfinite  •  last post May 10th

my last name is predominate hispanic last name, I'm thinking of pulling a Charlie Sheen and using a different last time for more opportunities. Something more Caucasian sounding because my skin is white and some people say I don't look hispanic..but also sometimes people speak to me in Spanish. I know certain actors used stage names, like the lead in Psych. If I move to another city I might just do that, unless it's too late. thoughts on a stage name?

Looking to hire 2 actors in Las Vegas by Hello_McSwiggans  •  last post May 10th

Looking to hire two actors to shoot one day for a music video on the Las Vegas strip, sometime over the next week (here until May 18th). Budget $500 for each actor. One African American female: Age range 50-70. This role will entail being in a wheelchair. One White male: Age range 40-50. Now that I've laid that out - could this awesome community please connect me with some resources that could assist me in hiring these actors? Please let me know if any further information is needed. Thank you!

Overslept through call time, any casting/experienced BG actors know if this could result in a future blacklist from the casting company? (Please be respectful in comments) by mathisreallyhard123  •  last post May 10th

I am booked to work four days this week an hour away from home as a background actor on a miniseries. Yesterday went very well! However, I only got two hours of sleep, which I didn't think would be an issue until... I slept through 6 alarms this morning. My phone was on the floor, blared all the way up, and I slept through it. I legitimately do not know how I slept through them, I never have, but I think it's because I had gotten no sleep before. ​ I could have gotten there 90 minutes late but the casting PA told me that I did not need to come in anymore. The casting PA also told me to come in the other two days this week and when I asked if I would be banned from the set she said: "No I'm sure you will be fine!". ​ I am just very embarrassed and overthinking. This gig is my second production ever and I was really enjoying it. Do you think they will not book me in the future? This production is one of the only ones shooting near me and it's going to be here until November. Will they remember my mistake?