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Should I Take This Role? by Sebastian83100 • last post May 31st
So I few days ago, I saw a post on Reddit looking for actors to do an unpaid vlog style series. It's kinda like Lonley Girl15 if any of you guys remember that. Well I got a part and was excited, but then I started thinking about my future as an actor and it got me thinking if I should take it or not. Like could this get out and ruin any chances of a serious career, or am I just overthinking this whole thing? Any fellow actors ever feel this?
scene study help by VLRlaughs • last post May 31st
Hoping someone can help. Looking for a scene for two actors involving PTSD and the military. Thanks for any suggestions.
Do you need any certain grades to become an actor? by lucarom • last post May 31st
I get you need grades for a back up career but do casting directors take grades into consideration? I’m guessing not, but just wondering.
I decided to create a short film by myself and with only a smarthpone. by kdenev • last post May 31st
Hi guys, I am an actor. Recently I made a short film using only my smartphone, a cheap mic and one light. Let me know what you think. This post is just a motivation that sometimes we can create our own work and never stop develop our skills. Thanks.Here is the link:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4NFB6kNT4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4NFB6kNT4)
Hello Stage actors! by louisasnotes • last post May 31st
I was recently invited to audition for a local company that hosts a 'rep' season every summer, and have been cast. Today is the end of the first week of rehearsals so for the first time since leaving Drama School, where we were taught in the old English Rep. system, I'm actually 'in Rep.'! Two roles in 2 different shows, rehearsing five times per week, and the shows run concurrently in July and August. So...2 characters to invent, learn lines for, rehearse and present: Max Tarasov in 'Superior Donuts' and Eddie Brock in 'Born Yesterday'. Our second weekend is coming up when - for the first time - I am on my feet for both roles (read through's complete) for one day each. We have started blocking 'BY', and will start tomorrow, June 1, on 'SD' . ​ As I am on here on virtually a daily basis, I thought I'd keep a casual diary on what was going on for those that had an interest, perhaps you could pick up some useful ideas, or learn from my pending mistakes, on working this way. Comments and Questions are welcome, and here's the obligatory plug for those in the area and interested in seeing the plays: [http://www.ensembletheatrecompany.ca/](http://www.ensembletheatrecompany.ca/)
Why move from Spain to Hollywood? | Macarena Abad - Spanish Actress by klyndonlee • last post May 31st
What makes someone a talented actor/actress? by Yur47 • last post May 30th
Need some input by SoloSmithy • last post May 30th
I'm going to spend some time making a site for voice actors to find jobs and connect with others, what is something you would love to see implemented in an online voice-over site that other sites like Voices.com or Voices123 just dont quite have?
Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Post - May 30 by AutoModerator • last post May 30th
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 at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.
I find myself reminding actors of this on all their monologue posts. So... by Winniehiller • last post May 30th
How do you get to know that you're good in acting or not? by eeriek • last post May 30th
Honestly, I have no idea. I think I want to become an actor, but I'm not sure if I'm good for that. How can I tell if I should be doing it or not?
Hispanic Actress Podcast Interview | Bearing the How Podcast | Would love to connect with LA actors by klyndonlee • last post May 30th
Interview with Casting Director Jeremy Gordon by mostfacinorous • last post May 30th
This week on the Placing Faces Podcast, we talk to [Jeremy Gordon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1873883/). He's the casting director who created [the Casting Directors for Actors Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/CastingDirectorsForActors/), and he's worked on projects like Marvel's Cloak and Dagger, LBJ, The Last Airbender, We Bought a Zoo, Rust Creek, Spork, Shock and Awe, and more. ​ You can find his episode at [PlacingFaces.com](https://PlacingFaces.com)
[QUESTION] anyone know what percentage of actors have representation and what percentage of jobs require it? by b2basics • last post May 30th
Any stats you know of would be super useful! Thank you!
For an actor to play a convincing role, must their character reflect something within their own psyche? For example, for Heath Ledger to play a great Joker, did he have to have sociopathic tendencies deep within his psyche? by sleips • last post May 30th
For an actor to convincingly play a role and generate raw emotions, it must resonate with something within his own psyche, right? I'm not saying that "LEDGER IS A SOCIOPATH". But the human unconscious mind is so vast, complex, mysterious, and deep. For him to play Joker as well as he did, do you think it reflects a deep, sinister part of his psyche? Is that how acting works? I'm not into the craft but I do appreciate from a distance and I'm curious. A lighter example is Jack Black in Jumanji. He plays a blonde teenage girl. For him to play that part, it definitely reflects a feminine girly part of his psyche.
Beginning actress needing some advice! by landlm02 • last post May 29th
I am wondering what some people’s experiences are getting into the acting scene. How did you go about getting an agent, getting your name out there, etc? All advice welcome!
method actor in need of help by startlingstarlet • last post May 29th
so , I was Audrey in a production of little shop of horrors , I used a combination of method and Stanislavski (emotional memory ) to really effectively tell the story of being abused and having a warped self image . they talk a lot about making yourself into the character ...no one ever tells you how to separate yourself from her again , any advice , friends ?
How Do You Get Over the Hurdle of People, Especially Family Seeing You Do More Intimate Things on Screen? by Sebastian83100 • last post May 29th
As I’m starting my acting career, there’s always been the one thing that I’m worried about, my family watching what I do and there being uncomfortable, intimate, or romantic scenes I’m acting in. I’ve become more comfortable and am open to doing this types of scenes, but how do you deal with the reactions you get from friends or family members? Is this just part of the life as an actor or are have any of you found ways to make it work?
Looking for advice on emotionally difficult roles by 5toplaces • last post May 29th
I am 2 days from opening night for a show I'm in, and the better the show gets the more it is draining me. I'm playing a voice in the head of a schizophrenic high school senior, named Demon, and I have to say a lot of vile things to the character whose mind I reside in. My character is attempting to push him to suicide. Last week the playwright came to meet us and do a Q and A, and I asked him how things turned out for the protagonist in the long run (the ending of the play is rather ambiguous). He told us that he survived several years past the events of the play, but did eventually commit suicide. Ever since I learned that it has gotten harder and harder to portray. My performance has been getting better each day, but as it gets better I just feel worse and worse. I come home feeling like a monster. The other actor is very talented, and several times in the show I am screaming horrific abuse at him while he looks at me like a beat dog, and even though I know it's just acting I see his face when I try to sleep, looking up at me with pleading, desperate, heartbroken eyes. I believe deep in my heart that I was right for this role. I have a lot of personal experience with mental illness, and a deep desire to bring this issue into thr light so people can understand it better. I know its not real, and that it is all done in service of a noble cause, so why is it breaking me like this? I'm committed to the show, I just need some help and advice so I can make it through the 4 shows and put it behind me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.