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Just got accepted into the training course at The Actor’s Gang! by yuwannabesomean • last post Apr 3rd
Just found out about this! The Actor’s Gang was founded in the 80’s by Tim Robbins and the training focuses on commedia dell'arte and mask work, and I am so fucking excited! As a random side note, this is where Jack Black and Kyle Gass met as young actors haha. The theatre and class is in Culver City and the space is incredible, a building known as the Ivy Subsation built in 1907 that used to be a part of the Los Angeles railway system. Does anyone anyone have any experience with this theatre, course, or technique? Even not so great ones? Ok, gonna go pass out now from excitement!✌️
I've only worked background...do I need/should I get headshots? by xLyrical • last post Apr 3rd
Hi, I did some looking around and couldn't find any threads related to this so hopefully I'm not asking a question that gets asked a million times. ​ I've done some background extra/featured extra work for some hollywood/indie/short films and a commercial or two. Ideally speaking, I'd love to do acting at a greater capacity than just background, but without formal training, I imagine this is not really possible without a huge stroke of luck one day. ​ Anyway, I just sort of look on craigslist and have an extras/actors access account that I search every once in a while and sometimes get picked up for. Lately, I've been wanting to do this more often but have no formal acting training in my adult life (tried for this in my early childhood but that was like 20 years ago so not relevant). Do I need or should I get headshots taken to be picked up for more productions? Or since I only do background, does it not matter for me? ​ ​
Sending cover letters to agents—to link or not link? by FunneyBonez • last post Apr 2nd
That is the question. Seriously, something I read while googling help in regards to emailing cover letters said: *Do not attach anything of yours.* (headshots, videos etc.) Why? It’ll go to spam apparently. And it was a damn good point. Instead they suggested linking material. That’s the ONLY site so far that I’ve read that says such a thing. Am I better off linking my just barely complete actors access resume link, or my complete Backstage profile? What have y’all done when you’ve sent these out? Cover letters drive me mad!
Seeking specific scene suggestion by actingnerdy • last post Apr 2nd
I love reading plays and I've been reading a lot but I'm not finding the type of scene that I would currently like to explore as an actor. I would specifically love to do an M/F scene (though I suppose it could be a F/F) that involves the female being romantically desperate and vulnerable (maybe even drunk) to the male and ultimately being shut down. Kind of like the last scene from "Days of wine and roses" (...but better). Anyone have any ideas?
Update on Gonzalez model & talent mgmt by abeezyana • last post Apr 2nd
I received a follow up email after submitting my portfolio. See email below, idk to me it screams scam. Hi - I received your e-mail. Please read everything before you reply. I would like to make an appointment to talk to you over the phone sometime Tuesday through Thursday between the hours of 3:00-5:00 PM. When would be good for you? We will talk for about 10 minutes. I am extremely busy so I have an explanation about “How GMT Works” already written out and so after we talk if we both think that we would like to try to make money together on a freelance basis then I will e-mail you a more detailed explanation. What is your phone number? NOTE: I am only interested in Models/Actors that are available across the board on a freelance basis. You should be someone that would only sign with and Agent/Manager after they made you a significant amount of money and would prefer to FREELANCE until then. If you are signed exclusively with an Agent or Manager then that would be a problem. You have to be available on a freelance basis. I mainly use www.castingnetworks.com to submit the Actors and Models that are on my roster for castings. I do not work on small jobs or extra work. I also receive castings from my Clients directly to my e-mail because I have been doing this for so many years. So anything that is posted on www.castingnetworks.com that would pay $500.00 per day and up I will consider working on but I prefer $1,000.00 and up. Note: Agents and Managers receive castings from the Casting Directors that you do not receive. You have to live within at least about a 1-2 hour commute to the NYC area so that you can go to a casting. (Even it is snowing etc) Please be a kind and considerate person and make absolutely sure that you are interested in possible representation with GMT. Please do all the HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH that you need to do before we talk. There Are 100’s and 100’s of Models and Actors that would like to be represented by GMT and if you are not sure then please be kind and let me help them. I do not want to waste your valuable time and I especially do not want to waste my valuable time. I WOULD RATHER BE HELPING SOMEONE ELSE. If you are not absolutely sure that you are interested then please simply reply and tell me that you are not sure at this time and if you are interested in the future then you can submit yourself again (That would be perfectly OK) and much better than wasting time. I am contacting you because from the material that you sent me I think that I could possibly submit you for castings but we would have to discuss more. I am at the “Top of My Game” now so if you are ready then let’s talk. Recent Bookings for Talent like you: Pizza Hut Commercial-Paid $4,000.00 with possible upgrades. NJ Lotto Commercial-Paid $1,200.00 And many more. This is just a quick idea for you. Thank you Rick Gonzalez/GMT Gonzalez Model & Talent Management
Got to meet Tom Kenny this past weekend by darkhawk567 • last post Apr 2nd
One of my personal heroes and favorite voice actors, he was a really nice guy. So happy I got to meet him!
Roles that Specify Height by S_Gertie • last post Apr 2nd
Are roles that specify heights for the characters still mostly to keep the male actors taller than the females? Or is there some other reason in play? It just seems weird in the 2000s for height between sexes to still be a thing, when there are plenty of short men who are very manly and plenty of tall women who are very feminine and neither seems less so if they start dating each other. Height restrictions aren't in most things I see -- but I see it enough that I wondered.
Tall Shakespeare roles by M3V4 • last post Apr 2nd
As a male actor recently getting into Shakespeare, what roles could I play as someone who is 6'6"?
Need Help Getting in Shape for a Role 18M by Sebastian83100 • last post Apr 2nd
So I'm in acting school right now, and my film major friend just asked me to be the main character in his film. Problem is he says I need to get into better shape and the shoot is in two weeks. I weigh around two hundred pounds. Any of you fellow actors have any tips on how to lose some weight fast in a healthy way?
What software do you use for recording VO work? by puneapple • last post Apr 2nd
I'm an aspiring voice actor and recently bought some professional-grade recording equipment so that I can actually get started on a VO project. The mic is fantastic, and so far I've been recording some test sessions with Audacity. However, using Audacity is quite inconvenient when I'm trying to do a lot of takes of the same lines, and I have to spend too much time fiddling with the interface in between each take. What I would really like is to be able to group takes under titles or descriptions of what lines I'm recording and switch through them conveniently, press a key to begin a new take, press another key to complete the take, and have a quick way to discard botched takes and to save good ones, and to review them if I need a moment to decide the difference. I don't need fancy audio editing features cluttering up the screen while I'm just trying to record takes. Is there software like this, with an interface optimized for VO work? What software do you prefer, personally?
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Insight For The Actor by ActorPlaybook • last post Apr 2nd
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I'm supposed to PAY for the rehearsals??? by Riesenmaulhai • last post Apr 1st
Disclaimer: I see myself as an experienced amateur actor who played in 10 different productions in the last three years, is taking acting lessons, also has paid gigs as a voice actor, currently still work another full-time job, but am working my ass off to one day switch to acting entirely. Discplaimer 2: Not a native speaker, so please bear with me if something sounds weird. ​ So there's this play in the making around here. It's a new group, consisting of professionals and experienced amateurs. There's that role for me in that play, it's the lead, and although comedy might not be my favourite genre, I think I could make quite an impression. Also working with other (professional) actors will help me land new opportunities at other theatres. Also a part of what will be earned by the shows will be shared between the actors (I'm not sure how the percentage would look like though). BUT. The theatre has the great idea of not only not paying us for the rehearsals (which appears to be the sad reality in semi-pro acting), they actually want us to pay a monthly fee. They plan to pay the professional director with that money. I'm fine with the director being paid even when I'm not, it's her only job, this isn't about the money (which would be 50€ per month, my day to day job would easily provide for that). But seriously. Not only will ideas like that put even more unneccessary pressure on those who aren't paid anyways and probably have the most work to do, but... isn't that just plainly insulting? I'm considering turning down the offer as long as they take any money from any of the actors. What do you all think?
hard rejection by Bjuks602 • last post Apr 1st
so i was at a casting for a shortfilm this friday, and i've pretty experienced in theater acting, both professional and unprofessional, so i didn't get the role fair enough, but the reason was that my peformance was "more suited for theater/drama then a shortfilm" oof that one hurt. You know beacuse i want to every kind of acting i can get my hands on, and that just sounded like i am just not a good film actor, Don't know that just really hurt, and i just wanted to share it with some anonymous people, Edit: sorry for bad english, ​
Northern Ontario by Adjourned • last post Apr 1st
To my fellow Ontario & Toronto based actors: are you guys noticing that there have been a ton of calls on AA for actors up north? I keep seeing calls (many of which are union gigs) looking for actors that are local to towns and cities up there. Do a lot union actors even live in these areas (ie. Parry Sound, Sudbury, North Bay)? The calls typically say something along the lines of "no actors with permanent addresses south of 'x' town will be considered? How are they filling these roles? Just something I noticed recently and was curious about.
Commercial actor Elizabeth Schmidt discusses having to bring her child to auditions by ben_bob • last post Apr 1st
Does SAG have a quota for local auditions? by frankvincentsthegoat • last post Apr 1st
I live in a secondary market (Not NY/LA/ATL). Does SAG have a quota, where if a movie shoots here, they are required to audition a certain number of SAG actors? I've heard there is from some people but would like a confirmation since I'm having a hard time getting a direct answer from my local rep. The reason I ask this is because there's a certain casting company in my market that has raised eyebrows with this kind of thing within the community. I've seen people who have been in the business for 30 years and never had a single line, auditioning for large supporting roles in huge budget studio movies. Roles that are likely already cast at that point and these people are completely unqualified for. I know sometimes movies will use meatier sides of larger characters for smaller roles to give them a better sense of what the actor can do if there's not much to the smaller sides, but this particular project was auditioning one line roles, with the pertinent sides that just had the one line. Also there have been multiple instances where someone has been called in and read for a role (taped with none of the main casting directors from the company in the room), then a week later, the person gets an email from one of the casting directors, asking to come in and read...for the very role they just read for. And when they follow up to ask if it's a callback, it's not, it's another initial. A week has gone by. There's zero chance they wouldn't have watched the tape by then. This has happened multiple times with multiple people. I've asked around and I haven't found one instance where someone has gotten a callback or booked a role where one of the 3 main CDs at this company were not in the room at the initial audition. Are these tapes even getting submitted or are they quota meeters? I can understand the value of quotas for certain actors to just come in and get in front of a CD, but ultimately I think it results in a complete waste of everyone's time, especially people who work (somewhat) regularly and have booked stuff in the past. Is there any truth to this or am I some kind of conspiracy theorist paranoid lunatic?
Looking for work by MEANMACHINEXXX • last post Apr 1st
Are there any acting jobs, or auditions in the Seattle/Tacoma area or Washington State... I've done a few minor roles in television shows and some extra roles in a few movies. I'm new to this acting thing so just bare with me, but I'm just looking for some guidance and information; what's a good way to start in becoming an actor? and where to go to find some acting classes? Thanks in advance for all the help and consideration