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Reddit by Averagebiker21 Jul 23rd

Quick question about projecting emotions while acting

Is it more important to try and control your face expressions to match what you're looking for, or just "feel it" and let it flow out? I'm starting to practice that, so I'm kinda confused, specially having heard that actors use "motivations"

Reddit by atanassova Jul 23rd

HELP! Should i start younger or attend a drama school first?

I've been working in my country as an actress ever since i was 13. Last year i applied for a green card (I'm 17 now) and my application just got accepted. Next year i graduate from high school and I'm wondering whether i should attend a drama school in the US...

Reddit by KahPark Jul 23rd

Tips for a better performance

I may not be an actor (yet) but here's a bit of advice for all you aspiring actors like myself. Don't pretend to feel the emotion. Feel the emotion. That advice can take you a long way and can be connected to many areas of acting. But in case you didn't get...

Reddit by S_Gertie Jul 23rd

AA - Do submissions disappear from your list?

This is a weird question and I could just be mis-remembering. But, if a casting notice is originally posted in the area where actors can see and you submit for a role, would that role still show in the list of your submissions if the casting notice was pulled...

Reddit by detsen386 Jul 23rd

Great role that would require weight gain

There's a potential TV role I'm hoping to get, where the character is a "jolly fat" woman. I love the character - she's very funny, uplifting, and a good friend to the lead character. However because she's written as a happy big girl if I were to play her I'd...

Reddit by cairnsey Jul 23rd

Calming nerves for a class

I’ve taken a small step and booked myself into a weekend acting class for September. It’s a beginner class for people with little to no experience, but they’ve asked for a headshot and an acting CV. I don’t currently have a headshot (but I’ve found a...

Reddit by fulcanmal Jul 23rd

Can you do Voice Over without a home studio?

Hey, When you're getting started, and don't have the financial ability to build a home studio, how does one do Voice Overs? Is it even possible, or am I just out of luck. There are no cheap options for me, as I live in a very hot climate and the building uses...

Reddit by actorchan Jul 23rd

Is there another subreddit like r/acting that isn’t spammed out with “I want to get into acting” threads?

No shade - but I am honestly so over having to open the thread and scroll through hoards of “I want to get into acting” posts. For those of us who are “in” acting and want to network and discuss with other actors / performers it feels like there’s a big clump...

Reddit by fuckingdiscrete Jul 23rd

Poor People: seriously, how the fuck do you pursue this?

especially in the early days, everybody wants you to work for free, everybody wants you to supply your own wardrobe, drive to remote locations, rearrange your schedule for nights, weekends, for auditions, for call backs, self tape for unpaid projects, theater...

Reddit by Engineer086 Jul 23rd

My Story - My Problem

My Story Two years ago, I graduated with an engineering degree and started a job two weeks later. Two or three months after that, I realized I'd really like to get into acting. Probably just in my free time, but if it became more than that, then great! I...

Reddit by BlackBunny95 Jul 23rd

Help!! Classes and auditioning.

Hello everyone. I am 23 years old and just Graduated college. I didn’t major in anything in theater however I have taken classes at my school and outside of school. However I keep feeling as I am not training the muscle of acting enough. I have done a short...

Reddit by monsow Jul 23rd

Do you give your agent commission for roles you find yourselves?

I've recently talked with various actors who give commissions to their agent even for roles they book all by themselves. I've never done this, and I was wondering if this is standard practice? Would love to hear opinions. I'm based in London btw.

Reddit by Flimmm Jul 23rd

How much work is there for indie film actors?

Any good film recommendations?

Reddit by citruslad Jul 22nd

NC actors

Hey all, My name is Michael and I'm an actor based in NC. as other actors from my area may know we used to have tax incentives in place so that people and studios were persuaded to film here (typically they would film in Wilmington) A tax incentive is...

Reddit by InternationalForm3 Jul 22nd

How Hong Kong actor Jason Tobin channels Bruce Lee for hit show ‘Warrior’

Reddit by BoomSamson Jul 22nd

Connecting to the material

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone could point me the way to learning how to connect to the material better. I know being an actor requires Empathy, but are their specific techniques to feel the way the character's feel about something their speaking about?...

Reddit by IU_laiken Jul 22nd

Just looking for voice actors

Reddit by MissDramaQueen Jul 22nd

I wonder how do theatre actors/actresses survive

It's a legit question I want to ask. I hope no one gets offended. Since graduating from acting class, I've been doing commercials, indie films, TV and corporate videos. Yet it's still a struggle to make ends meet. I have female classmates (whom I'm not close...

Reddit by Different_Lizard Jul 22nd

Your experiences with cultish schools?

Just finished a semester in an acting school. I did not have a good experience with one of the teachers there or the way the technique was taught. ​ Our teacher, an actor himself - aside from constantly name-dropping famous actors every second class...

Reddit by Will-Kelly Jul 22nd

Archetypes for Actors: The Inner Critic