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SERIOUS Actors/Actresses of Reddit – when shooting nude sex scenes, what happens when one of the participants gets visibly aroused? by footopia  •  last post Jan 22nd

I mean, is everybody okay with it and you simply keep going or is it considered a *faux pas* and the shooting stops until the „perpetrator” cools down? And while we are on the subject – do you have some tricks to avoid rubbing genitals against each other?

Callbacks by CuspChaser111  •  last post Jan 22nd

So I'm in a callback today, which is great and I get them all the time, and I do the same exact thing I had done in my audition. The director looks at me, and is like quiet, staring daggers at me. Casting director is jumpy (I go into this office all the time, they're great folks there) and is like, "Uh, do you want her to try it another way?" Director is really quiet and is like, "Uh. Yeah. Can you not play it that way - at all? Like can you play the exact opposite?" LOL. I have been doing this commercial callbacks for years and I am thinking, "If you didn't like what I did on my original tape, why did you call me back?" So I do it completely opposite, but honestly directors, if you're reading this - which I doubt - don't call someone back if you didn't like what they did on the original tape. Or if you do let the actor know ahead of time before their first take to do it another way. If not it shows us all you have no idea (or your ad agency/client that is paying you big time) what you're doing.

Getting into professional acting in London by lovetempests  •  last post Jan 22nd

Hi there, I live outside of London atm but I’m soon moving to be moving there to pursue a career in acting. I haven’t been to drama school but I have some professional and amateur credits; however, I don’t think it’s enough to get on spotlight. If you’re not on spotlight, agents won’t accept you, and if you don’t have an agent, you can’t get serious jobs... what should I do? It’s a total catch 22 and I can’t afford to do a second degree in drama school, plus I’ve heard from other actors that it’s not totally necessary. I don’t want to be in even more debt. Are there agencies which consider young actors without spotlight? How can I improve my chances of getting paid work? Any advice at all is very welcome. Thank you!

Where is one of the more booming acting cities in the U.S.? by zod1ac_moz  •  last post Jan 22nd

I've been hearing a lot of things lately talking about how New York and L.A. are oversaturated with actors. People have told me that Atlanta, Georgia is the next booming city? So, are they correct? Should I try to head for Atlanta or should I still try to go to L.A.?

I just realized. Mads Mikkelsen is so good actor that every time I see the actor in real life I can't think of him anything except one of his characters by DirtySlut69_69  •  last post Jan 22nd

When I look for images of him I just see images of his characters based on his facial tone or facial expressions and when I try to think of him as person I just can't. I can't believe he is real life human. I can only see his characters. Talk about life goals

SECRET AGENT MAN - When To Break the Rules by SecretAgentMan  •  last post Jan 21st

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/agent-advice-actor-rules-important-flexibility-66755/

Voice Age Range by Ghosty91AF  •  last post Jan 21st

Hi all, first time posting here. I trained through Voice Coaches and I'm an aspiring voice actor. Recently I attended PAX South and did some networking with the voice actors there and was directed to their studio website. The problem I'm having right now is that on their demo reel submission page, they asked for my "vocal age range". I'm really passionate about voice acting, but haven't made any progress since I completed my training a few years ago due to a trifecta of crippling depression, crippling anxiety, and managing an illness. Which brings me to my question: I'm 27 years old, and I do have quite a wide range. But, during my training, I do not recall if I was told my vocal age range. How do I figure that out exactly?

Before going into VO full-time... by tartsntwats  •  last post Jan 21st

What were you doing as your dayjob/part-time job while you were building up your skills as a voice actor? I'd love to hear what your road to success was and how challenging (or easy) it was for different people! P.S. If you're still doing VO part-time, any tips on how to manage time better?

No response from agencies, losing heart, about to give up on voice acting. by SiliconeGiant  •  last post Jan 21st

Edit:adding Los Angeles (Pasadena) I'm about to give up on voice work. I went to school for acting, I've been in 20 live theatre productions, I have several voice reels. I have 10 years xp in radio and production, and I can't get a response from an agency. I've been stuck in the world of p2p, competing with dozens if not hundreds of others for each job. I used to make 5-10 commercials /day. With P2P It took me about 200 auditions to get my first job. That is not a feasible use of time. When I ask about this, people say make a better demo, get more training. The thing about that advice is that it never fucking ends. You can always make a better demo. You can always use more training. But that gets conflated with this idea that doing those things opens doors. There's no point at which someone calls and says "hey your demo is finally good enough that we're going to bring you on. Despite all the work you've done and all the training you've had, we were just waiting around for you to have a perfect fucking demo." Instead, it's just made me a more-polished, unemployed actor, with a more polished demo, despite the fact that you're doing custom auditions for each job, and even those are often not listened to, let alone your canned demos. So new demos and more training aren't leading to anything. If I can't get an agent, so that I can get targeted auditions for bigger jobs, that I'm in a smaller pool of candidates for, than I don't see how it works. I can admit, I am bitter. When you can't get work, in a thing that you trained for for years and have experience and proven ability in, frustrating doesn't do it justice. Thanks for letting me rant, any advice appreciated, unless it's make a better demo, ha.

Actors of Reddit, how was your first acting class? Did it live up to your expectations and what was something that you didn't expect? by Bruizapple  •  last post Jan 21st

So I've posted a couple of times here now, I did a taster class a while back and I'll be starting a 10 week part time beginners course to screen acting tomorrow. This is for a lead up to auditioning for a full time course in July, as I am nearly 25 with no acting experience at all. I'm both excited and a bit scared, so I wanted to see what you lovely folks experienced in your first class.

What's the UK industry like and what do I need to know? by Unhelpfulhelpful  •  last post Jan 21st

I'm planning on making the move to London next year (sorry US you're just not for me) and would like to be prepared. A lot of this sub is US focused so I'm not very up to speed with the UK industry. Australia's industry is very small so the rules are not the same internationally Things like: Do UK agents like emails or mail (wtf) for submission/how do they usually find people aside from acting schools Do I need to redo my training there? Which schools are well regarded? What is the vibe of the CDs there? Do they only like established actors or do they do workshops? Can you submit videos to them?

My mom is very discouraging. by cryogenicallyfrozen1  •  last post Jan 21st

My mom never really says good job or anything like that. My big dream (like most of you) is to be a big named actress. I haven't even taken the first step yet. My mom and I were talking and I joking said, "How are you going to babysit my future kids when I'm in LA?" she was like, "You'd do that to your own mother?" I said, "Do what? Follow my dreams? You're very discouraging." ​ I then walked away. Idk what to do. It's always been like that. I was gonna start college (I'd be the first person in my entire family going to college) and she never even said good job. She just said, "You haven't done anything yet". Even when I talked about college would laugh or dismiss it or ignore me. Now I'm just going to a trade school because I need a job more than college. ​ Anyone else have parents that don't support them? idk. She didn't even say anything when I wanted to go to nursing school.

Cast in a feature..but after reading I’m having mixed feelings. by FunneyBonez  •  last post Jan 21st

I was recently cast in a feature film and was sent the script today. Of course I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to be a part of something like this. I’ve done my fair share of work so I know what to look out for in terms of writing and the script layout. After reading the whole script over it really left me in a state of “I’m not quite sure how I feel about this.” On one hand the director specifically chose me after seeing me do work on a previous set we were together on, which is a huge compliment and as I said I’m grateful for. I feel obligated to do this because of those circumstances. Thing is as I said, after reading everything it just...isn’t the best. I feel bad even writing this to the community because who am I to judge someone’s work? I can’t be the first actor to experience this though, and definitely not the last. For a feature (this being my first) the story has some potential and I could see the direction it was going, but it contradicts itself at times and left me confused in certain moments. The dialogue initially started strong then it started to veer off and things started to get confusing. I want to take this because as I said, I feel like I have to and if not I’m burning a bridge. Then again I don’t want to because I want to do work that will spark the artist in me. Has anyone been in this situation before? What did you do?

I think my agent has been feeding me false hope and promises to me for the last year and a half... by leeleeleelee1234  •  last post Jan 21st

Aussie here. I feel like an absolute fool. I signed with my agent a year and a half ago (mid-2017), with confidence that he and I were going to make a great team going into 2018. I was told 'I can see you doing great things. You have this look that's unique and you are a really strong actor." blah blah blah. Great, I need someone who really believes in me. Let's do this. For the next year and a half, I shot self-tapes for him as often as possible, so that he could keep them on file to submit to Casting Directors. But, after about 6 months, things got a lot quieter... Phone call after phone call, email after email, self-tape after self-tape, I couldn't work it out. Why wasn't I being seen? How come the people around me were being seen? until I checked my submission report this morning. I actually believed him. My previous agent from 2015-2016 submitted me for 25+ auditions (which I wasn't aware of until now) and I was close in a few big-scale TV productions. My current agent has submitted me for a whopping total of... THREE. In a year and a half. He convinced me that I was going to get a tonne of work through him, as he has 'close' connections in the industry. Did I ask why it's been slow over the 18 months? Yes, I've asked why numerous times over the phone and the reply was "There's just nothing happening at the moment." I feel like crying. Has anyone else experienced this? I feel like I've just wasted 2 years of my life doing nothing but working and working for a man who pulled the wool over my eyes. I don't even know what to ask for through this post. I think I just needed to vent and maybe hope that there's a silver lining to all of this. ​ Moral of the story: Be very, very careful with who you trust in this industry.

Get Cinematic by John Swanbeck  •  last post Jan 20th

A technique for using your energy to create cinematic power on camera...

Singing warm ups by SuperIntendedAlmonds  •  last post Jan 20th

If you're anything like me you're always looking for vocal warm up exercises to perform before starting a recording session. However i find way more warm up videos and advice for singers than i do for voice actors and VO artists. I'm curious if warm up exercises for singers can have the same benefits for voice actors/VO artists.

One of the most underrated actors of our time by MansonsRib  •  last post Jan 20th

Audition Coaches in NYC! by JLNYC101  •  last post Jan 19th

I'm looking for suggestions for a fantastic audition coach to work through musical theater material. I'm looking for someone extremely honest, hardworking, and fun!! They must be located in New York City, ideally Manhattan. Any ideas?

Getting Started by mopavik1  •  last post Jan 19th

I was recently an extra for a new tv series. Am I allowed to add this to my credit even if its not a big role?

Best Performances + Consistent Great Actor’s by GoldenPeonies  •  last post Jan 19th

Hello!! I am trying to accumulate a list of performances to watch and actors to follow. What, in your opinion, are some of the greatest performances in film and TV (in any genre -comedy, drama, rom com, criminal shows, horror, etc.; from any time -early 1900s is fine too; and from any country -Bollywood, Korean, Chinese, English, Russian, Mexican, Hollywood, etc.)? The actors (not necessarily the leads) themselves do not need to be consistently great but shined in that particular movie or show or even only during a part of it (e.g., great drunk acting or drugged acting). The movie/show itself does not need to be great either. I just want to see examples of great acting and study them. Also, who are some actors who are consistently good at acting no matter what they play? I guess these actors would be the great ones. Again, I do not care about the ethnicity, nationality, language, genres, etc. Thank you! TL;DR: What are some of the best acting performances regardless of genre, language, etc.? Who are some of the consistently great actors regardless of genre, language, etc.?