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  1. Reddit by Failed2launch Mar 27th

    2022 March, what's your career status?

    For the United States, nearly all pandemic restrictions are gone for most states. I want to know how many people who started pre-pandemic are still acting; how many started because their career went remote or ended and started voice acting; and how many...

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  2. Reddit by Fit-Mud3081 Mar 27th

    Am I “supposed” to be an actor?

    So I am battling an internal struggle and would like to just hear what people have to say. Ever since I was a little girl film sparked everything in me that was fantastical, dramatic, and made me a dreamer. Movies have always been a huge part of me and I...

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  3. Reddit by S_Gertie Mar 27th

    Public has low expectations for actors' skills

    This is about a particular thing that happened today, but I have seen similar discussions in public forums in the past. Basically, people will say that a thing that happened HAD to be real and unscripted because they could see how emotionally affected the...

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  4. Reddit by Dense-Independent-66 Mar 27th

    Towards Realistic Dialogue

    I cannot agree with vocal coaches, many of them heavy hitters in the VO industry, who say that non-fiction is harder than fiction. Surely fictional dialogue is the hardest thing that a voice actor will attempt. First, you have endless choices. Let's take...

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  5. Reddit by NothingButBadIdeas Mar 27th

    Should a non actor act out their lines for self tapes?

    I (28M) am not an actor but my girlfriend (27F) of 4 years is. She has a masters in acting and I met her after one of her plays. 3 years ago she signed with a prestigious tv and commercial agency and since then we’ve been doing self tapes for possible roles...

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  6. Reddit by Frequent-Mix-5195 Mar 26th

    Director requests to sell stock images?

    TLDR at the bottom for those who don’t need the background! Hi all and thank you to anyone reading this. I’m not an actor. At best I was a bad slam poet when I was younger. Through a friend who lectures at a local film school, I was invited to audition for a...

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  7. Reddit by moberndorf Mar 26th

    PAID STUDY OPPORTUNITY

    *We are looking for volunteers, who identify as professional actors or are training to become a professional actor, to take part in a virtual focus group where you will be asked to discuss your experiences with mental and physical health while acting and as a...

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  8. Reddit by Wydogg Mar 26th

    Question about Central Casting

    I registered for Central Casting in LA to be a background actor a couple days ago and I've just been waiting to get job offers. It's only been like 2 days but I haven't gotten any emails or texts from casting directors yet. How long does it usually take to...

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  9. Reddit by Antwuan89 Mar 26th

    Tips and Advice for Voice Over Acting

    On my last Sub Reddit Voice Acting post, I took everyone's advice about taking Voice Over classes and I have found a Voice Over Class/Studio in my City. My question is what are some Advice & Tips you would give to an aspiring Voice Over Actor? And once I'm...

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  10. Reddit by meinai88 Mar 26th

    How to put a slient film role on your resume

    Hello everyone, I am a new actor and recently did 2 student slient films. I was just wondering how to put them on my resume, do they still have the same wording (lead, principal, supporting, etc...). For the first film there was a lead (4 out of 6 scenes) and...

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  11. Reddit by ActorActingInLA Mar 26th

    Commercial Actors - Skills Videos Question.

    I just signed with a new commercial rep earlier this month. My first commercial rep ever. I've booked a few non union commercials before ever being repped, so I do have some commercial expierence. They mentioned to me how they want me to write down all my...

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  12. Reddit by CaliforniaStoked Mar 26th

    LA Stage Combat/Stunt Classes?

    Do any LA actors have any recommendations for Stage combat or stunt classes in LA specifically designed for actors? Its something I really want to learn. I go out for a lot of bad ass female roles, and I really want to add some stage combat classes to my...

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  13. Reddit by MaveInfinite Mar 26th

    so..how long have you been acting?

    To think I went to my first audition back in 2008..fucking hell that was so long ago. Within my first months or so of acting, I booked the lead feature in a feature film. Holy hell I thought I was hot shit, long story short, I wasnt. If anything, that feature...

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  14. Reddit by yobv123 Mar 26th

    Question about auditions and such

    So I’ve been auditioning a lot on backstage and I just got callbacks for 2 pretty large projects that would take most of my time up the next few months, but I’ve yet to hear anything back. I know that most people ghost actors when they aren’t interested so...

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