I'm looking into getting back into acting soon, can you tell me why you think many actors struggle with money? Is it because people don't make much or because many don't know how to manage the money they do make?
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I'm branching out across the pond, and I want to pick some actors brains on what issues undiscovered actors are having over there. Is it hard to find representation? How do you feel about working with a Los Angeles based rep?
Let everyone know what you're working on right now. Post links to webseries, plays, clips, anything you want. Promote your own work and see what everyone else is doing. Even if you just had a great audition, let us know about it.
I have an agency interview in a few I’m in the 18+ to play younger category. But I don’t want to audition for Disney channel and get that stigma attached.
Hello, I'm an older actor (Late 30s)with a decent resume (some print and some commercials, some shorts and barely any theatre) and I have a rough draft of training experience. some here and there and 5 straight years of a acting classes and some performance classes. I want to go to a local theater school but I would be an older student and I'm not even sure if I should focus on musical theater or straight acting. I never been in musicals but I want the training because I feel it's like acting boot camp, and might help in the long run. I wanted to try to work more first so I can see where the holes are, but I rarely get cast in anything to begin with. What should I do? Any help would be great. Thank you.
I mean, I see the salary of avengers, Robert D with 40m, Chris Evans with 6 million, Henry Cavil with more then 13 million, are those numbers are real or fake and just so the internet go happy? Are they getting that much money or in the actual life they’re living very poor?
So this is going to seem somewhat whiny but please just hang on I swear I have a point. Over the last two years, I've been audition/accent coaching here in Vancouver and I've noticed a trend. Because we're here in Vancouver most of the auditions are tapped and then sent off to L.A where in theory they are reviewed and then actors they are interested in are brought in for callbacks. Except time and time again an L.A actor is just cast and flown to Vancouver without any local callbacks. Now this isn't a negative comment to the L.A actors they bring in some are pretty good and some are the perfect fit without question, but I'm getting the feeling that locals aren't even getting a chance to compete based on the time turn over on the casting decisions. I'll give two recent examples. I coached two young actors for the role of young Hiram lodge on Riverdale they both went and tapped and then within 24 hours it was announced that Mark Consuelos son would play his younger self. Which makes total sense, and given that it makes perfect sense and the announcement was so close to the submission date for the tapes were the local actors ever really in the running? The other was for the upcoming Kim Possible movie I coached an actor for the role of Professor Dementor. Within a week Patton Oswalt was announced. I love Patton Oswalt and he will do a great job, but did my student ever really have a chance. On that same vein, a couple of years ago I helped an actor tape for the show powerless for the role of Teddy which would go to Danny Pudi, once again a great actor. I was driving with the actor to the studio to tape his audition when he checked the IMDB so see the role he was taping for was already cast. On a personal note I had a guest star audition for a friends guide to divorce, I booked the day off work and even paid for coaching. then the night before the L.A actor they had cast spilled the beans on social media. My audition was cancelled. So what is going on, are the auditions just for tax credits, do local actors ever have a chance here or are we just filling quotas? I also understand that we should be happy to be seen and that's all fine and dandy but are we really being seen, often when I tape the CD isn't even in the room, it's just someone they hired to run camera. So is there some great conspiracy or am I just being paranoid? So please keep the chin up speeches to yourself, I’m not new to this and I know all the retroic I’m actually asking if anyone knows what is going on with the casting and are locals being left out.
He’s looking to dive into the acting world in Atlanta but doesn’t have a lot of contacts. Is there an arts/theatre/acting district or neighborhood he should think of moving to? Thanks!
Hi guys! I needed help for an upcoming audition I have... The monolouge is from Bandstand. It's the scene where Donny Novitski is recounting to Julia Trojan that he killed her husband on accident. It's a super emotional piece, and it really fits my style as an actor. Would be super helpful if someone could help me dig this up!
Hi everyone, I'm a director/screenwriter going to produce my first short film (hopefully this year). It's an no budget production, I'm doing with a few friends, but no one of them seems to fit in the role of the protagonist. I don't have any idea how to get an actor right now with no budget or big name behind this project. We are all germans and living in Heidelber (BW). Do you know if there is any possibility to connect with regional actors in Germany? Maybe even someone of you is interested in doing this or knows someone who is interested? If so you can PM me
So I've never auditioned for a film (I've studied theatre my entire life but recently decided I wanted my career to go in a different direction, I've done some commercials but that's it). It's not a normal studio film. It's an indie film written by the academy award winning writer of On Golden Pond (1981) and has some big actors in it (not talking Meryl... like regular television actors). So anyway, it's more than a student film, less than a big budget. But all the information they gave was that there's an open call from 3-7 pm, and people will be given sides if they plan on auditioning for a speaking role. I've never done anything like this. Anybody have any tips on what to expect, or what to do in this film audition that's different from a theatre audition? ​ EDIT: The audition is in 6 hours :)
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He stood infront of the class and said 'words are meaningless' and shot down a bunch of examples of words that mean a lot, like 'love', 'hope', etc. I understand that he was trying to emphasize the importance of your body before you think too much about the words themselves, but aren't words one of the most important things about acting in a play? Without the written words, the show wouldn't exist. Even if all the words are stage directions. It just frustrated me that he dismissed the importance of words altogether.
I'm wondering if I should be searching for work solo more or not - how many auditions do you go on a week?
I’m writing a script now. I have several types of people that I’m looking for.