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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.
LA based actors: How often do you get notified for callbacks day of? by bractorpan37 • last post May 29th
Commercial and Film/TV.
What technique am I using? by Idobjj • last post May 29th
I never asked my coach what technique it is that I am using. I want to take an intensive on it because I get the best results. ​ My coach would ask me to think about a person and access that emotion or memory of them and throw it into the scene relevant to what the scene was about. I tried the 'moment before' but I would break character. ​ Example: Doing a car commercial on how great a car is. My coach would have me pretend I was talking to my best friend to find my natural self. ​ I was thinking this is Stanislavsky Sense memory and checking out the lee strasberg institute but I could be wrong. Any actors want to chime in on this? I get the best results from this technique.
Review - My experience with Nine9 by PaniCush • last post May 29th
BE AWARE -- I don't recommend anyone to get in touch with Nine9 The Unagency!! Please do yourself a favor and Google the name of their company and look for others' reviews as well!! ​ So, I live in NYC, me as well, and like many others, saw an ad on Facebook that says that they're looking for actors and extras for the new series of Sopranos. They contacted me on the very same day. ​ I went to their office a day after, and during all that time, they tried to convince everyone that their company has a lot of success stories and how much they're able to "make your dreams come true." They showed us many pictures of I don't know who as proof of their success. ​ When I went into the "interview," they used to say a lot of time "Congratulations," "Good job for continuing with us" and words like that, to make you think that they have chosen you. ​ My biggest mistake is that I didn't google Nine9 before I went in. They convinced me to sign a contract. I paid $530 and thought I am investing my money into something good for me. ​ After I came home, I saw all the terrible reviews on the internet. People were sharing their stories, just like mine, on how that company manipulated them and how nothing good came out of it. ​ AFTER LESS THAN 24 HOURS - I asked for a refund. Nine9 didn't accept it. Said that once I signed a contract, Nine9 "cannot" refund me. (a nightmare) They said that they could make an exception and refund me $150 out of the $530 that they took from me. ​ I waited and waited, and no refund has arrived into my account. When I contacted Nine9 again, they kept on claiming that they did refund me and there is nothing they can do anymore. I called my bank which said that there is NO REFUND while Nine9 kept insisting that they did. SO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO MY MONEY? I GUESS I'LL NEVER KNOW... ​ I changed my credit-card just because of this company. That is how much I don't trust them. I guess I'll have to accept the fact that I won't see my money again and I'll never get the partial refund Nine9 has promised. ​ I am unfortunate to write this review. I feel manipulated, and I wish I didn't have to go through this. The only thing that came out of my experience with Nine9 is a waste of money, time, energy, and awful feelings. ​ Does anyone here have any suggestion if I can do something? Or should I just accept it and move on? ​ Please be aware.
is there a way to get some jobs working as a extra with out having to pay websites? by ty_prinme • last post May 29th
i have a interest in acting and i got all of summer to kill so i was wondering if i could get a few jobs working as a extra or actor. but advertising my self on multiple websites is very costly so i was wondering around the London/southern part of England if there is any way to get jobs as a extra with out having to pay the website fee's?
Actor's Connection Showcase by bambi777bambi • last post May 29th
Does anyone have any experience with any of the Actor's Connection showcases and could speak to its legitimacy?
Acting Podcasts by ActorCEO • last post May 29th
Hi actors, Mike here. I host an a podcast for actors called The Actor CEO Podcast and have been doing so for almost three years and over 100 episodes. I talk to industry pros and focus on how actors can treat their career like a business and build sustainable creative lives. ​ I would love to jump on some other podcasts as a guest, but have found that many other acting podcasts are no longer recording...sad. ​ What actor podcasts (or even entertainment related) are you listening to now? ​ Thanks very much for the insight! ​ \-Mike