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A painful memory that really hurts me. Still get sad every time I think about it. by hoehoehoe96 • last post May 13th
Three years ago I auditioned for one of the biggest casting directors in Hollywood. Don’t wanna mention name but this person is a big deal and in the top 5 CD in Hollywood. She loved me immediately when I auditioned for her, and I booked a role in the movie. The producers for the movie are also some of the biggest names in the industry. A couple of weeks after booking it, she brought me in for another movie, this one a huge block buster. I was really living the dream that I had been chasing for the past 10 years. Fast forward a month later, just before filming starts, I wake up by my agent saying that the producers have rescinded my role because the negotiations got too heated. And the fucked up thing is that I didn’t even know the negotiation was going on. Afterwards, reading the email negotiations, I came to the conclusion that the negotiating producers was a real asshole and my agent was a little stupid too. However, since then, she completely went silence on me. She did say she was sorry for what happened and that she was “determined to get me more auditions”. But that never happened. And it hurts me so much. I got reminded about it just now and it honestly kinda brings tears to my eyes. I wish I could tell her that I didn’t even know about the negotiations and that I didn’t care how much money I would’ve gotten. I have a feeling that she must be thinking that I was greedy. Even though the contract problem was more than just money, which is why I understood my agent a little. My BFF always says “send her a post card” but what’s the point? I didn’t need to send a post card when she called to bring me in for the second movie. And when she praised me to my reps. She knows where I am. I don’t want to be that type of actor who chases desperately. I just wish she knew that I would’ve done the movie for free if it was so because I couldn’t care less about the money. I wonder if she’ll ever see me again.
Feeling lost. by organicacting • last post May 13th
Any actors here feeling lost post COVID? It feels such a barren time for me: without agent or any work lined up. Anyone else feeling this? What are people doing to get out of their slumps? (Sorry for the self-indulgent whinge).
Actors, what are your pain points during this time - big or small? by CuspChaser111 • last post May 13th
These can be anything. It could be wishing you could get feedback from CDs personally. Or putting self-tape after self-tape into the 'void' and wondering if they've gotten seen. Or understanding the logistics of navigating Tik Tok/Influencers being represented by Sag-Aftra now.
How do I meet casting directors? by holydang • last post May 13th
So I’m recently out of acting school and I’m in NYC and I’m like wtf? What do I do now? I was told “bro, you gotta meet casting directors!” And I’m like ok. How do I do that? I can’t afford to keep throwing money at oneonone and actors connection for a passing glance. I’m just curious if any one has any hot takes or advice. Should I just cold email cds I want to work with? I don’t know any working actors really so I don’t have anybody to ask. Help meeeeeee...thanks!
How can I actually have my own back? by Littlebunz95 • last post May 13th
I have callback for a professional musical theatre gig this Saturday. And I can feel myself mentally self-sabotaging. Throughout the pandemic, I've had a few auditions and self-tape requests, but have truthfully been on a break for a while. I'm usually a straight-play/film actor, and haven't done a musical since I was 14, but I also just don't feel talented enough to book a professional gig, and have psyched myself out during most auditions. My life has been a little all over the place: I gave my two-weeks at my day-job so I could pursue acting full-time, and was asked to stay a few extra weeks so I could help with a temporary change-over. I thought this wouldn't be a huge issue, especially since I still planned on leaving early, but I feel like I have so much less time to prep myself for the callback, and I'm pretty mad at myself for making the decision to stay. How do you get through the murkiness and self-doubt and try to do the best you can possibly do?
I Finally Started by CodeYo • last post May 13th
After years of “hoping” to some day become a voice actor, I finally decided to take a first step and record/upload my first Voice Acting attempt clip. It started when I first heard Troy Baker’s lines for Pain in Naruto Shippuden (which ended up being what I mimicked in my recording). I was completely mesmerized. It wasn’t just his voice which was absolutely stunning for this character, it was the presentation. I remember feeling blown away by the power and emotion put into a specific speech by Pain (Naruto fans will know which I’m talking about). Years of jokingly doing funny voices, secretly doing serious voices in private, and then finally telling my longtime girlfriend of this dream, she convinced me to record a video and post it. After a mix of positive and constructive feedback from friends, I’m finally ready to continue educating myself and improving myself in this area. Thanks for taking a sec to read :) TL;DR I talked into a mic and uploaded it.
Theater classes at college vs. On-camera classes at acting studios by EffectivePineapple • last post May 13th
Current college student deciding if I should take a course with a renowned, well-respected acting teacher (ex. faculty experience at American Conservatory Theater + Stanford), at my non-performing arts related university or should I just take classes outside of school focused on on-camera acting if I'm pursuing film/TV work? I've taken 2 classes from my uni which were a good intro to acting, but I noticed that it gave me some dramatic tendencies that don't translate well to on-screen acting. I've worked hard with LA on-camera studio classes to fix these habits, but I'm afraid that my acting is now pretty subtle for the liking of theater teachers. Looking at successful actors though, I've noticed a lot of them had conservatory style, strict theater training so I'm wondering if focusing on theater will give me those skills because I truly just want to be the greatest actor I can be even without all the extra gimmicks, audition tricks etc. TLDR; take classes with famous acting professor at my university (strict plays, not on-camera), or enroll in on-camera classes outside of school instead? (can't do both because of time)
Does anyone know about Edge Studios and what are your thoughts? by creativewizkid5 • last post May 13th
Hi! I am an actor who is going into more voice over work. I looked into edge studio and am interested in taking their private lesson. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with them? Thank you all!
Format for Resumes? by SnooPets9936 • last post May 12th
I'm really confused on which format I should use for my resume. Is there like a singular format for all acting resumes or like a format that most actors use (in like film and professional settings)? Thanks for your help! :)
Any Greek actors/actresses here? by LatteSugar • last post May 12th
Any Greek actors/actresses here?
Can you "ActLike"? by ActLike_ • last post May 12th
Hi all, we just launched an app called "ActLike" (Android only for the moment) and we thought it would be very interesting for the acting community: [ActLike - Strike a pose 4 times - Apps on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actlike.app) The idea is very simple and fun: 4 selfies are taken in a row with a timer and a random pose indicated at the bottom of the screen. You need to strike each pose on camera as best as you can! There are 4 levels of difficulties, the hardest being "Actor Studio", dare trying! There is also a nice little collage of your 4 poses at the end of each session and you can share the results. We really hope you like it, and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Aurel & Popy from ActLike
We finally launched the Remote Works web series with actors from Reddit :) by mauriciofcost • last post May 12th
Hello everyone! My name is Mauricio, and a couple of months ago, I posted on this channel looking for a small group of actors who would be willing to join me in a web series I wrote about the perks and drawbacks of working remotely. After many months of work, we are finally launching, Remote Works, a web series about working remotely as a Kickstarter campaign: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mauricio-costa/remote-works-the-web-series](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mauricio-costa/remote-works-the-web-series) It has a sitcom/mockumentary appeal, and I would love to hear any feedbacks you may have. Also, if you really liked to watch other episodes, see character arcs and stories developing within Remote Works, consider backing our project on Kickstarter :)
Actor’s Access Messaging by veryanxiouscreature • last post May 12th
I received a cmail requesting a callback for a tape I sent in (this was a self-submit, not thru my agent). However, they aren’t requesting a live eco cast CB ift seems? They’re just requesting another tape, but there are no instructions or notes on what they want me to change or what they liked etc. Is there a way for me to message them? The only way I’ve ever been able to send a message via cmail is if they actually message me first, not through the tape request message. This might be confusing lol but my question is: should I contact the casting office or would that be gauche? I have their info from their website and they didn’t say anything in the breakdown or tape request about “no calls or emails.” Thanks!
Readers in the new age by RCL55 • last post May 12th
Hey all, How have you been doing with virtual auditions and having a good reader on hand? Is it your friend, bf/gf/ spouse? Do you ever have a hard time getting a good reader? I became curious about this after I had a semi-big audition and I could only get it done with my wife, who is not an actor. Made me appreciate having a good reader to play off of, and how auditioning with a cold/expressionless reader at a real audition is a skill set of it's own! It would be nice if there was a community based service that we could draw from to get readers, I don't think this era of virtual auditions is going away anytime soon.
Not breaking NDA after booking tips? by MarieN1989 • last post May 12th
Our agent is very adamant about not releasing audition/booking info for projects on social media. I haven't dealt with this but is it best to just no say anything till you get the greenlight to do so after post production? Also, is it best to wait till after it airs to release pics taken on set with other actors from he project or is this also considered breaking NDA? I don't use social very often but realize how easy it is to break NDA if you do decide to post certain things. Thanks!
I’m an aspiring actress looking for like-minded individuals in LA! by ShibaInuLov3r • last post May 12th
Hey everyone! ❤️ I’m looking for actors/actresses that wants to meet up, rehearse ,exchange info , maybe even collaborate and enjoy this craft together. I’m based in LA. Covid made this entire business even more confusing for me...a complete noob. I think its always nice to have people who share same goals to push each other forward. Don’t know how i managed to live in LA for two years without knowing a single aspiring/working actors but here we are ! Took Stella Adler online but its really not the same... I’m 24yo female and as the headline says would love to meet some like-minded people. For those who find it important-I’ve been vaccinated Feel free to comment or DM me
I need advice, not sure what to do... by imbored1213 • last post May 12th
Hi! I'm 16F and I live in Markham, Ontario. I've always wanted to be an actress since I was little, it's my dream job. It just seems so fun. Every time I watch movies, I always think about how fun it was to film them and I always catch myself envying other actors/actresses' lives because it just seems so fun. I regret not asking my mom to take me to acting classes when I was little. I remember being 10 and watching YouTube videos of how some actors started out and all of them started acting at like age 4 or something and had rich parents, so I thought I couldn't start at 10 (plus I only live with my mom who's tight on money). Looking back, 10 wasn't even late. I need to decide ASAP what career path I want, since I'll be graduating high school in a year and I need to send out applications for universities in the fall. I have no idea what I want to do with my life and when I'm looking through websites for potential career paths, I always think about how the job is so boring and how acting would be so much more fun. I just don't know what to do since my mom wants me to go to university and get a decent paying jobs, but most actors do not blow up when they start out, so instead of making loads of money like my mom wants, I'd probably be tight on money. The city I live in also has like no acting gigs, I live near Toronto, so maybe I could find stuff there, but I just don't know where to start. Also, a big reason I have done no acting at all yet is because I have A LOT of social anxiety. I mean, I have loads of anxiety in general, but my social anxiety is through the roof and I'm super awkward when I interact with people that I'm not close to. I think I'd be fine if I went to acting classes and I'll eventually get over it a bit, but I'm also super scared of judgement from others, so I'm scared to ask my mom about it. My mom is an immigrant and wants her kids to have good jobs and be successful, but my grades are REALLY BAD while my sister (9 years older than me) is an engineer. They know how much social anxiety I have, so they'd probably just laugh at me and say stuff like "you think you can do acting when you're scared to order food at McDonalds?" Also, everyone I know would know that I'm doing acting stuff and it's just scary for me cause I feel like they'd judge me? If I do decide to peruse acting, should I go to like university and take an acting program there? Or should I just take some acting classes and just start doing stuff as soon as I can? I'm just lost and yeahhh idkkkk. Sorry that this is long and all over the place. I just threw up all of my thoughts, but please let me know what you think I should do. Thank you!!
Biology? Acting? by dashplacebo • last post May 11th
Hey peeps! 18m / I’m last year high school student and so interested in biology but what i love the most and had a bit of experienced (w some appreciations but not really care about any of them and know they’re probably not important for like being a good actor atm). I know how is it for people trying to be a great actor and many can’t just make it. I just thought of biology as a backup plan for my life. Just wanted to ask is there anyone who studied major in biology(or other related field like neuroscience for example) and dropped it or got a degree and pursue acting? Is it possible? Is it hard to like study in this such field and think about acting too? Can it be a backup plan for your life?
Is it absolutely necessary to take acting classes if you’re a beginner actor? by SS0964 • last post May 11th
Edit 1: can’t a person just teach themselves about acting and how to act.
actors with crappy low level agents.... how do you even do this? by hotlanta9900 • last post May 11th
I feel like I have a 3rd class citizen acting journey, with crappy reps that get me auditions so infrequently I don't even feel like an actor. how are you ever supposed to make progress when people with good reps are auditioning all the time? it just doesn't make sense to me. I have no idea how to spend my time to get ahead or make any kind of tangible progress in my "career" at this point. if you can even call whatever this is a career. it feels like a big joke. I'm just tired doing everything I can think of and getting no where with this. I know every actors journey is different, but good agents are good agents and they are the ones that get actors a career. crappy agents are worthless. it just sucks so much