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How can one reach actors and acting students in NYC to promote a workshop or seminar? by RominaGoldie • last post Oct 6th
I hope this question is allowed. The Actors Equity and SAG offices are probably closed but before I try hopping on over there I thought that I’d ask here. Do the unions have an online network of some kind for their members during the Covid crisis, that you know of?
Gut feeling but im hesitant about starting by champagne14mami • last post Oct 6th
Im 20 going on 21 in January, and Ive allways wanted to try acting. I have a gut feeling that I would love it and could see it as a potential career (i dont care if im not a AB list celebrity) Im currently a film major but actively looking for specific career routes in the film world. I have no experience but acting has allways drawn my attention but I never tried it because I thought i was too old. I feel like the universe is sending me signs to atleast try it but im nervous that I wont be “successful” bc most actors start at early ages. Where do i start? Any advice from people who had this feeling before??
What do you do when someone asks you to “do a voice” by -Joozhuah- • last post Oct 6th
This is the most frequent and most ANNOYING question for me, when I tell someone I’m a voice actor and they ask me to “do a voice”. I’ll say “I don’t do impressions or anything, I just act”, they’ll say “so you talk in your normal voice all the time?” I say no, and they’ll say “then do a voice” I never know what to do or say here, is it just me? Maybe I just don’t like being put on the spot, but it’s different then if someone asked me to sing or something else like that. What do you all do?
Join us on Discord by actorchrisbaker • last post Oct 5th
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Any online acting classes over Zoom? by 2Rain15 • last post Oct 5th
I’m 23 years old and I figured now is a good a time as any to begin my journey as an actor. It’s something I’ve always wanted to try but never had the chance until now. I already have headshots and an Actors Access profile but as of now, I currently don’t have any reels. Anyone here know of any online acting classes I can take? Any advice that’ll point me in the direction would also be helpful. I would greatly appreciate the help! Thanks!
how long does it take to become professional in the acting field? by bigchuangus • last post Oct 5th
I have no experience with acting. If I start practicing now, how long will it take for me to start a career or become professional? I'm using this question to help set a backbone for my career plan. It's crazy how some celebrities started acting at young ages, like 5 or 7. I'm still a freshman in highschool, and my goal is to become an actor before 18. Quite a jump, but it's my dream!
How do you guy's deal with social anxiety (if you have it) while trying /being an actor? by lucycov452 • last post Oct 5th
I have social anxiety and It makes it hard to talk on the phone or call people. Or put myself out there.. Does anyone have any tips on how to overcome this? Or how to deal with it better? Much appreciated!!
Do non-famous/less famous actors travel abroad a lot for filming things? by YourMumsAVirgin69 • last post Oct 5th
Do you have to be a famous actor to get into films/series that require you to travel?
Do I have to dedicate my whole life to acting? by Olliebkl • last post Oct 5th
I’m 16 at the moment and I really want to become an actor but practically it seems way off First I’d need enough money to move somewhere for reputable classes (likely London or Manchester which is expensive), then I’d need to pay for classes while also balancing a job Then I’d have to wait a couple years to likely get a role on any movie or show so..... should I even try?
Self-representing and Agency Fee by moustachegai • last post Oct 5th
If I am a self represented actor and I find and book a non-union commercial, can I also claim the "Buyout $$$$ + 20% agency fee? If not, why not?
Success rate in acting by Spiritual-Win-7317 • last post Oct 5th
What are the chances of being able to be successful enough as a actor to have it as a profession.
The Red Priest - Week One by louisasnotes • last post Oct 5th
Thanks for all of the great comments concerning my casting in this theatre production. As there was so much interest, I thought I'd drop a few notes every week to take you all through the production. First night is November 13. We had two Zoom meetings as a company, this week, and our first get-together in person. Over video we discussed the production as a whole, it's look and feel, sound and point of view. Actors were invited to offer some basic outlines of the characters, too so that we were armed with pointers of how each of us will be thinking once we get p and do it. Our Day together started the 'Given Circumstance' and Discovered Emotion' of the first half of the play, scene by scene via: Acting it with script, improvising the emotional path, then using the discoveries to act it with script in hand. Now, we have a week or so to learn those scenes before we attack it again. What came to me as a basis for the character - along with research, because my character was an actual living person - is a certain understanding that death is on it's way and he's aware of it. In fact, in certain ways, it's welcomed if only to end 'the struggle'. I am looking at an amalgam of several 70's Rock and Roll performers as a 'public persona', even though this was a classical composer and we are in the 1740's. This gives me an electric, flamboyant, famous person that acts a certain way in public, because he's expected to. It also allows me to play with the language as written. OK, back to the script, and I'll be back next week. Qestions are welcome. TL;DR: My starting point for the creation of a theatrical character.
I don't feel comfortable submitting an Eco Cast for a role my agent just sent over by lmnlm • last post Oct 5th
I received an Eco Cast from my agent for a role in major network's drama. I can pass as racially ambiguous, but this role is clearly meant for an ethnicity that I am not. While I may be able to pass, I don't morally feel comfortable auditioning for a role that is not my ethnicity, specifically because the story has to do so much with the character's race and culture. I believe that the role should go to one of the many talented actors of that race who will be able to tell the story authentically. How do I graciously tell my agent I don't feel comfortable submitting an Eco Cast for the role? Or should I just submit a tape so that the casting director will be able to see it?
Characters and Voice Actors - Hoops (Netflix) by Jurda12345 • last post Oct 5th
Unemployment Insurance- Residual Pay by lordlvna • last post Oct 5th
Hi yall, Disclaimer (Im a model not an actor, but I did a campaign for Pantene last year 2019 that I got residual pay for this year while under unemployment, and I couldnt find a SAG subreddit) How do i file for unemployment? Should I just skip it for this week since the check was dated Sept 28th and then continue to claim for next week? I’m not worried about not getting the unemployment $$ this week, I just have to make sure that they know I had residual income for the records. I know there are different rules per state and I am in NYC so anyone who’s been in my position that lives/lived in NY would probably be the most accurate. Thank you!
Why do home studio voice actors have a condenser and a shotgun mic? by therielchaz • last post Oct 4th
Whenever you see videos on voice actor home studios they usually use both a shotgun mic and a condenser microphone. Why do they have them both? Does it have something to do with noise rejection? How loud they can be? Different voices?
When it is too late to start acting? by juuhi • last post Oct 4th
Hello you all, so i've always dream of working as a actress, both theater or on screen. I used to go alone watch this company in my hometown which consisted of a small group of young adults who portrayed several fairy tales for children, since than i wanted really bad to be like that. I had a plan and my family actually was about to send me off to study arts and everything but my life kinda of went through a lot of bs and a lot of bad things happened so years went by. Right now i am on my mid twenties , with no experience (apart from my own rehersals at home). I am thinking about joining the acting school close to my home, it even offers you a paid job at the end if you succeed but I am a bit scared. Is it too late to join this world or do I have a chance of actually be successful at it? What age did you joined or started working with acting? I don't really dream to hit my country red carpet or anything like it, I want to be able to support myself working with what i really like.
Seeking 2 NYC actors (1 male and 1 female) for an interpretation of Sartre’s No Exit. Both actors should be over 30 year old. by spantzo • last post Oct 4th
I’m seeking actors for the roles of Joseph Garcin and Inez Serrano. Garcin is a pacifist journalist; thoughtful and humane. He was shot because of his involvement with a progressive newspaper in an authoritarian country. Inez is a postal worker. She is bitter and cynical and has a streak of sadism. She prefers women and doesn’t particularly like men at all. She committed suicide by inhaling gas from an oven. Both Inez and Garcin find themselves trapped in a room in the after life (along with a 3rd character Estelle) and are trying to figure out why they are to spend all of eternity with one another. I’d like to shoot a 10 page excerpt of a contemporary, gritty and stripped down version of this play. There’s no money involved but if you’d like to participate in this landmark play and stretch yourself (and have another example of your work) please contact me via dm and I can send sides. Thanks.
Struggling on being spontaneous and showing emotions... any suggestion? by elyselia • last post Oct 4th
I've started this journey on acting few months ago, and I've come to the point where I see how much I struggle in being spontaneous. And this happens to me also in real life, something I already knew, but I hoped and thought that it would have been better while acting.. but it's not. I find myself "in panic" if I don't know lines perfectly. But I don't always have the time to learn them perfectly, and however I would like to be one of those actors who can manage the scene and the moment if they forget a line or if the director decides to change something while shooting. I would like to learn how to switch off my own thoughts and fears while acting. Because I am always worrying about how I look like in that moment, how I should look like, what other people are thinking about me while acting, and this doesn't allow me to stay in the moment, to be spontaneous, to be 100% of the character. But most of all, I struggle really really hard on showing what I'm feeling. So much.I'm always paying attention on control myself and what I feel and say. I know this is something very personal and I am working on it with a psychologist, but what can I do through acting? How can I learn to push out what I have inside while exercising for acting and while acting? Sorry for the long post, I hope I made myself clear... any suggestion or experience will be so appreciated.
Acting questions from a high school student by Samurai6lk • last post Oct 4th
Hi I´m 14 and in Dallas Tx. I am a freshman in high school and a second year theater student (last year was tech this year I´m in theater 1 for acting), I have been in one play last year and I have a few of questions before I talk to my parents. (for 6th and 7th grade I was in band but just got tired of playing the trumpet.) 1.) If I tried to become a TV actor on Netflix or something like that would I have to move away from TX? 2.) Is high school really all that or should I take my class this year take acting classes outside of school and try to become a TV actor. 3.) I want to go to college would that hurt my acting carrer and would me trying to be a TV actor hurt my chances at getting into college 4.) Would me being a teenage actor hurt my chances at success in the future 5.) where do child/teenage actors go wrong? 6.) what should I expect before getting my hopes up? 7.) should I just wait and live out my dreams after college.