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Reddit by Jhg178 Apr 4th

How much leeway do actors have with Lines?

68 year old rookie here. I find a number of scripts (acting and VO) to be awkward. How much leeway will castling directors, and directors in general, give actors?

Reddit by cbrantley Apr 4th

Building a reel from scratch

I am a theatre actor making the transition to screen and really starting over from scratch in a lot of ways. I’m trying to build a reel and could use some advice. I’m self-submitting to everything I can but many jobs are wanting to see a reel first. I don’t...

Reddit by iammars00 Apr 3rd

CASTING CALL FOR IANOWT S2 PROJECT

THIS IS A FAN-MADE PROJECT. Hello everyone, me and a few other people are producing a season 2 of the Netflix show IANOWT, and we are trying to get an idea of people who may be interested in playing certain roles in the show, for when we start filming...

Reddit by sereinsilver Apr 3rd

is my name too much?

This is a very random thought I know but my legal name is not very common and I don't know I am scared it's too much for an actor? I'd like to know what you think. It's Cassandre (pronounced kaas-aend-er) Di Angelo.

Reddit by Je-suis-Denise Apr 3rd

I have a problem with yawning.

Okay. So I have a tendency to always yawn. I am afraid that it will affect my work. I would hate to have to yawn during a performance or on screen. How do actors avoid yawning or get around it? Any advice would help. Thanks!

Reddit by algoporlacara Apr 3rd

Actors Who have gotten the role after casting, how did you prepare?

I'm trying to write an article (i'm an aspiring writer) and i've always loved the acting world. I would love to hear some of your stories

Reddit by BrotherOfLina Apr 3rd

Books that describe technical body language changes that allow the actor to manifest a certain emotion or atmosphere

In the series 'Suits', for example, Harvey Specter literally stands up when he's stressing a point, and it has a pretty powerful effect. I was wondering, is there an acting book that has a compiled collection of these sorts of technical body language changes...

Reddit by Sonova_Vondruke Apr 3rd

Is the VO market dead for new white American actors?

My wife is finding it harder and harder to find work/auditions as a white American voice actor. We understand that it's important for accurate and diverse representation, however there seems to be very little if any professional work for less established...

Reddit by clawhammer-cat Apr 3rd

Offer Delay/Confirmation Rush

Hi, I need some professional help. Freelance stage actor, community/regional level. I've auditioned for two shows in the same week; One has given me an offer and the other has delayed offers by a week. They conflict with each other so I'd need to choose one...

Reddit by ExcellentPolicy8 Apr 3rd

School acting classes crucial?

So we can pick between 3 classes in school, I picked something nature and human related, but there‘s also a class called „DG“, which basically deals with acting, I think that would be nice to do, but I don‘t actually know if I can switch and if it would be...

Reddit by CanineAnaconda Apr 3rd

Leveling up your Self-Tape technology: do you use a camera to feed to a live monitor? How?

Before the pandemic, most auditions I would go into at casting offices would have a setup where the camera is pointed to the actor's mark, connected to a desktop computer that both served as a monitor and recorded the video straight to the computer's hard...

Reddit by theorist227 Apr 3rd

So I am entirely new to acting,

So like the title said I am really new except for a couple of plays I did in high school. Most of my friends have told me that if I took acting seriously and put myself out there, I could become a great actor. My problems are that I have never had any acting...

Reddit by I-dunno-some-guy Apr 2nd

Online Voice libraries - How exploitive is it?

I'm doing some school research on online voice libraries and my tutors encouraged me to look into some of the more exploitative aspects of online voice work. Some of the most popular ideas seem to be underpaying voice actors, not crediting them properly...

Reddit by rubidium-314 Apr 2nd

What to do in the next 4 months

Hi, Could you guys give me some advice on this choice I have to make? Basically I am just starting as an actor: I have taken a couple of different classes in the past 2-3 years, and I acted in a few short movies, commercials, music videos (nothing big). This...

Reddit by KittyCatEggs Apr 2nd

Help

I need help figuring out what I should do for a geekcon in my hometown. Im allowed to do whatever I want, but I can’t figure out what kind of act I would like to do. I have around 6 actors.

Reddit by mraladdinsirwat Apr 2nd

How creepy would this be if I reached out to an actor asking to get involved?

Hey! I was standing on the subway and looked down to see a guy writing a pitch for someone to produce his screenplay. I peered down, because im a nosy person and for that I apologize. I’m an actor- I have an agent and a manager. But I looked this guy up just...

Reddit by Ok_Explanation_2317 Apr 2nd

How do actors get the right to work in the USA

Is being already established in their country the only way to get a working visa? I often read about actors who moved to the USA in search of work, but I guess all of them had done some previous work in their country. Also, it seems like finding an agent who...

Reddit by MathematicianLeft07 Apr 2nd

Uta Hagen 9 Questions

As a professionally trained actor, do you find yourself using Uta Hagen 9 Questions anymore? Are they still useful?

Reddit by Motor-Ad-8858 Apr 2nd

Estelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Toy Story’ actor, dies at 93

Reddit by BigBadBootyDaddy99 Apr 1st

To reel, or not to reel, that is the question.

So, my question is kind of loaded one for my situation and I really need to decide how to continue to seek representation. I've asked something similar here and I got great feedback from the community. But now I need more input on a decision I'm...