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Experience with Actors Connection Fast Track? by letheatredude • last post May 17th
I have a friend who's taught classes through Actors Connection for a number of years now and he suggested I look into their Fast Track program. I just finished up a class through Actors Connection and am trying to figure out what to do next. I was thinking of either doing this or getting into an acting class through someplace like the Barrow Group or Atlantic Acting School. If anyone has any insight into Fast Track or any of the other programs or someplace else I should look please let me know! I'm new to NYC and want to really start up on my professional career!
Is Backstage worth it for Canadians? by jump4joy222 • last post May 17th
Wondering if buying a membership was worth it. I'm an actra member with an agent and I was curious to see if it helps other Canadian actors? I primarily use actors access, casting workbook and casting network.
My Homophobic Bully got a Movie Deal According to Deadline by DaddyDivide5 • last post May 17th
I came across an old actor acquaintance on Facebook and did some digging around through their friends and spotted a name that gave me a pit in my stomach. Back in 2009, I was still in the closet and was being ruthlessly bullied by this guy who had the same publicist as me. So LA, right? As we pursued acting. He only was doing background work and had honestly not a promising career since he was not a good actor. However, he was super aggressive calling paparazzi on himself and stuff trying to get noticed but never made it as an actor. He would torment me to come out of the closet and would always put me down as a person when I was questioning my sexuality so I cut off our friendship. One night before our friendship ended, I drove us home from a late night dinner and parked my car in my gated garage at my apartment complex and later that night, I saw him walk back toward the garage. My tires slashed the next morning. He was a crazy person! Pretending to be my friend but trying to sabotage me at the same time. Well, without giving too much away since I don’t wanna deal with this guy, I read he had a successful directorial debut for an indie film and just got a big movie deal with a well known actor signed on to the film. The reason I’m bringing this up is that I have known many people like this who are horrible scum & somehow get ahead in Hollywood. Meanwhile, I’m here planning new headshots and putting together a new demo reel but was pretty discouraged and second guessing myself in the last 2-3 weeks on if I should give up or move forward with acting again. But this was just like a weird feeling I wanted to share that I’m always trying hard, I do right by people, and I never had a chance in Hollywood. Yet some asshole who tormented me relentlessly gets rewarded. It’s so frustrating :( Like do you need to be a raging asshole to succeed and can’t be a nice guy?
Florida Actors Vaccine? by ronrooon • last post May 16th
How strict are Florida productions with the Vax mandate thing? For both Union and Non Union. Asking because Florida as a whole seems to be overall less pushy about masks/vaccines. I see some auditions on actorsaccess claiming to require Vaccination but do they really enforce in the end or it's just a front? Any actor here who worked in Florida production been asked to show Vaccine proof or not? And while were at it, what about Georgia productions?
Casting for an upcoming project from a long-time video game publisher by akuparagames • last post May 16th
Akupara Games is in need of a variety of voices for an upcoming paid project relating to our video game publishing/developing work - especially native British & Australian accents + rap experience! ​ This is a long-term project we'll be regularly reaching into this pool of responses to cast, but for our initial batch of character sides we're hoping to complete casting **by June 16th** ​ Roles will be paid based on actors rates and availability, share your info at the link below to be considered! [https://bit.ly/AkuparaCasting](https://bit.ly/AkuparaCasting)
Crossroads - drama school or university? by wannabemilf24601 • last post May 16th
Not too sure where to go or what to do. I’m 19 and I want to be an actor / performer more than anything but I’m not sure how to go about it. I was originally planning to go to university for languages (something I’m good at and it pleased my family), but decided at the last minute to go on a gap year and try for drama schools. I applied this year, and got quite a few recalls, but didn’t actually get any places. I know it’s pretty rare to get in first time, but like many others I had a naive hope that I’d be one of the ones to get in first round. Now, it took a lot of convincing to get my family to allow me to even consider auditioning for drama schools, hence the late change (very traditional, conservative family - want their children to be doctors, lawyers etc) and now that I haven’t got in there is great pressure to apply through clearing for an academic course - nothing to do with performing arts. There are drama schools in clearing that I’ve considered applying to for a September start (east 15 and Bath spa), but I’ve heard so many bad things about east 15 that I’m hesitant to apply there, and it feels like no one goes to Bath spa so idk what it’s like. I don’t want to take another year out, but I don’t know what to do about September. I know to become an actor you don’t need to have gone to drama school, but there’s no denying that it helps to train so intensely, not to mention having the name of a top school on your back can get your foot in the door in many instances. I’m considering doing an academic course (unrelated to drama / acting) at a university because it’ll get my family off my back (lots of pressure that because I didn’t get in this year they think what’s the point in trying again), but as acting is such a challenging industry to break into it would give me something to fall back on. But would it be a shot in the dark if I knew I didn’t really want to go into the industry of the academic subject? I would aim to do a diploma in performing arts after the degree, to get the training, but does that make the degree in the other subject futile? Kind of feels like I’m running out of time to become an actor, I know I’m only 19 but I see people around me getting jobs or in drama school and I can’t help but feel behind. I want to become an actor more than anything, but I’m stuck at a crossroads as to where to go next, whether that’s try for one of the aforementioned drama schools or go to uni and do acting on the side, then pick up training once I’ve done an academic course. Any advice would be really appreciated bc I really don’t know what to do
My potential Hollywood connections... Need advice! by Sea_Fox7946 • last post May 16th
I'm kind of connected to two people in Hollywood and I live in California, I'm interested in acting and have a decent theater resume. I really just want to be a background character or something. I keep hearing it's impossible to be in anything without knowing someone, so at risk of sounding shallow, I wanted to ask your opinion. One of the people I know has a very famous brother (B list maybe? he's a young successful actor and is connected to some seriously popular actors and singers). She's on the up and coming, has been in big commercials, and was on one of the most popular TV shows on television right now. The other is my childhood friend's dad, who's a movie producer on some pretty notable films starring A listers. His wife and my mom (and I) are friends on facebook and talk occasionally. I'm not \*friends\* with either of these people, but I'm friends with one on facebook, and friends with the others wife on facebook. (and his son and I had crushes on each other when we were younger!) Is this something I should pursue? I'd really hate to look like an opportunist especially because IDK them that well. I was thinking it might be doable to ask to be an extra in the producer's films? At the end of the day I don't want to be famous, or be a jerk. I just want my 2 seconds of fame in the background of a movie or something LOL... I should add I'm a 21 year old girl. Please send advice my way!!
Affordable summer/ May-June intensives? by Then-Muffin9229 • last post May 16th
Hey actors! I'd like to get recommendations on online summer programs or intensives around May end- June. Anything besides university pre-college suggestions would be great. Thanks!
LCT 540 S or TLM 103 by Quindex • last post May 16th
Hi, everyone! Quick microphone question: **Is the difference between LCT 540 S and TLM 103 "big enough" to justify paying ~$500 more?** After 2 years with Samson Q2U and EVO4, I'm looking for a 'last mic that I'll ever need' and of course the classic TLM103 is on my radar. But it suure is on the expensive side... So, while still the best choice, I searched for a second best option. From SM7B, OC18, WA-87, C414... I ended up looking at LCT 540 the most. I'm aware that the 540's sound is a bit more open/crispy, with slight boost at the high end...which could be a good thing to my voice, but.. is it good at handling sibilants? Is it on paar with the Neumann in the overall quality? I've watched most reviews, comparisons and I would love to hear what you guys think. *My voice: More on a baritone/bass side (occasionally, I have to record a more tenor-sounding-voice or am working with other actors) and I've a sliiight here-and-there sibilants, mostly controlled with recording technique.* Every advice is much appreciated! *Greetings from Croatia :)*
Actor taxes 2022 by SL578953 • last post May 16th
Looking for some advice here. I booked a job in 2022 and was paid as a w2 employee. My understanding is I can only deduct acting expenses on my 2022 tax return if I am paid as a 1099. Im not booking like crazy so it’s unlikely I’ll book another project that pays me as a 1099 this year. What can I do? Do I set up an LLC and have w2’s directed there?
I left acting and everything has worked out for me, but I'm still depressed whenever I see people doing well in the field. I can't seem to get over it. by asmr1232 • last post May 15th
Hey everyone. ​ I just wanted to vent and see if anyone has any advice for me, as I'm really struggling. ​ I went to drama school and graduated around 4 years ago. I never got anywhere once I left. I got a few cameos on TV shows and that was it, a few low budget theatre shows and I could barely even get a decent agent. Everyone I went to drama school with seemed to get these amazing agents right away and I couldn't. ​ After two years of slaving away in two jobs, one in a clothes store and one in a bar, I ended up quitting. I had an agent that wasn't good, and I'd been to 24 auditions that I'd managed to secure myself and got rejected from every single one. This was after spending 3 years at a pretty good drama school and getting picked for almost all main characters in every show there. I went from doing really well there to getting nothing outside of it. So I noticed that every time one of my friends got a part in a "well known" thing like Netflix or Amazon, I became super jealous. I hated seeing people get things like that. Whenever my friends got less known things but things they were sooo happy about, I didn't care. I realised I was only jealous of those who may become famous. I was in acting only for the fame. ​ This took a long time for me to realise and why I wasn't happy with my agent or anything I'd done. Because I was getting work, just not the best work. I realised I wasn't actually happy doing acting, only if I got a part in something amazing. So I quit it, because it was making me upset. ​ So after two years of leaving acting and getting my foot in the door of a broadcasting company, I have worked my way up to become an editor and it's something I really like doing (I should say before drama school, I studied this in college). While doing this job, I make a ton of money that has made me purchase a house I've always wanted, I've got a pet, I met my dream partner, we get to go on lots of nice holidays and overall my life is so much better than what it was when I was trying to do acting, as I always had to live with other people and work crap jobs and never afford anything. ​ However, I still have this same feeling whenever I see people get famous. Anytime of one of my friends have got a job on Netflix or a Hollywood thing, I get so jealous. I am jealous of every single actor who appears in multiple shows and gets people talking about them. I always wanted to be one of those people who got tons of jobs and every one said they were talented. I am not actually missing acting as such, but I miss the fame that went along with it I would never have appeared on Netflix or something probably, but this is what I struggle with. The fact that there was always that one audition you could've got that made you get that role and be successful. But I know I shouldn't have continued because I was only chasing the fame, not the acting. But I still can't stop being jealous at seeing people I knew get all these roles and fame. I don't know how people who are actually actors deal with this, watching people get all this success while you don't get anything What do I do to stop myself caring so much? I am aware it's stupid and I don't know how to stop myself getting upset with stuff like this. It doesn;t help that online so many people get obsessed over certain celebrities and people in these shows and their fame is EVERYWHERE, everyone saying they look great and it seems that then they get more stuff just for being famous. I don't know what to do, because I get so depressed thinking of this so much
Does SAG-AFTRA actually care if we work non union jobs? by Quantum9594 • last post May 15th
Before joining the union, there was not a single non union job I worked on that didn’t have at least one SAG actor, this was true for all the non union (commercials, short films and, feature films I’ve worked on). And it is so easy to find SAG actors working nonunion jobs just by looking at the cast list of non union productions on IMDBPro. For example, in LA there is one nonunion production I’ve seen post many times on actors access that has over 30 Billion views on their short films and they blatantly use SAG actors constantly and seemingly without any repercussions. Whenever I’ve asked SAG if it’s ok to work on smaller scale production even as a favor they make it aggressively clear that any acting of any kind even unpaid is not allowed unless under a union contract. But if you actually go ahead and work non union anyway they seem to not care. My question is does SAG ever actually enforce these rules, not in theory, but in REALITY? Like do you personally know anyone who’s ever gotten caught? What happened? I’ve basically stopped booking jobs almost entirely after joining SAG and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to start doing nonunion work off the card since that seems to be what everyone else is doing to stay afloat.
Another AMA. Full time voice actor and coach for anime, video games, commercials, etc. by brentmukai • last post May 15th
I’m hopping on a flight tomorrow morning early, so ask any of your vo questions and I’ll answer them on the plane while I have nothing to do! Hoping to help y’all out again, spread the word!
VERY BAD haircut on movie set…I’m screwed lol by actionj32 • last post May 15th
I’m a 23M african american actor with a curly-fro hairstyle. A movie I did some work on required me to cut SOME of my hair to fit the time period. Long story short, they cut off almost ALL of my hair so now it looks terrible and extremely awkward. I’ve struggled with a balding & receding hairline for the last couple years(that I warned them about) which wasn’t very noticeable with my longer hair style but now it’s completely visible & makes me look much older than I am. My problem is now I look nothing like my current headshots which I just recently got. (I’m not getting new ones with this look). Not only do I think it’s not safe to submit for projects with my headshots that I look nothing like, but I have other projects i’ve already booked that are happening the next couple months. To grow my hair back out to half the length will take at least 3 to 4 months. I’m just very furious with how careless they were with my hair and lost as to what I should do now. And before you say “it can’t be that bad” It is, because as soon as the barber finished they immediately started apologizing. On top of that people were asking “why they cut my hair like that” and telling me to shave it bald after we film. I was miserable the ENTIRE 14 hours on set because every conversation I had with people, including the main cast with well-known actors, was about how bad my haircut was. If that’s not enough, the production paid me an extra $100 as an apology.
"Actors With Issues" Podcast - Interviews and insights from professional actors to artists everywhere! Link in the comments. by iJuanAyala • last post May 15th
do I move to L.A after high school by No-Hyena9959 • last post May 15th
I’m a M17 and have been acting professionally for about a year. I signed with a agency last year and have gotten a few jobs in a couple short films and commercials. This is my passion and I’ve always been great at it. I assumed I would grow out of it and realize I need to get a normal job but I’m 17 and being a full time actor is still what I want to be. Where I’m located right now I can get a lot of little jobs but nothing big enough to go full time or get casted in a big movie or show. But I’m just confused on how people move to L.A who don’t have connections. Do you try to sign with a L.A agency before you go. Or do you try to find one once you get there or what.
Best time of year to look for a new agent? by sailor_melody • last post May 15th
I’ve been climbing up the ladder and looking for stronger rep, and my agent’s communication style is no longer meshing w me so I’d ideally like to leave soon. It’s busy season in Toronto and I have a few projects still under his belt so I wouldn’t want to leave yet. When’s a good time, calendar wise, to search and leave for a union actress in Canada?
Acting career question by ZookeepergameNo3630 • last post May 15th
Can I get into an acting career without having a job currently? I can't really find a job right now, but I want to become an actor I don't really have any bills, so I'm fine there
Walk in to a Talent Agency, or call and email; May 2022? by Failed2launch • last post May 15th
For background, their are a number of talent agencies in the San Francisco area. I am considering a "rapid fire" walk in approach to all of them. What would you do, as a starting voice actor, or, as a voice actor who is not happy with their current talent agency? Select an option or leave a comment, Thank you. [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/uqc8np)
New Actress Advice: by Frostjewel • last post May 14th
Hello, I’m a new actress that has only acted in one show. Should I start applying for casting calls now or should I just wait until I get more experience? I don’t get it because how can you expect me to be experienced if you don’t give me the opportunity? Not even just that it’s also an age problem. I have been looking for work on Instagram/Facebook but usually they want me to be 25 or a teenager (I’m 21). Have I been looking in the wrong places? Any suggestions on where to find work?