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CAMERA ANXIETY by Every1deservestofly • last post Mar 25th
I have feelings of performance anxiety... all the time. And honestly, I should be at an audition right now, and instead i'm binging youtube. ​ I have performance anxiety. IN literally everything I do. It's verging on being too difficult to deal with. My therapist has told me it's inertia - self-doubt that - the more action I take, the more will be dispelled. But I'm hating it, and not so sure It's dispelling itself at all. ​ I used to feel performance anxiety in front of a camera. However, recently I was in the process of booking a commercial, and the director asked me for a 20 second video of me talking and showing my face and my profile. Since I was alone, I took out my phone, and practiced it for 20 minutes straight. Then i sent out what I thought was my best take - and I was hired IMMEDIATELY. ​ I booked the commercial. However, when the director started pestering and getting obsessed with me - "that was nice but can you do it a bit more \_\_\_\_\_" something like 50 times in a row, I started getting panicky and anxious on the inside. I started getting worried that maybe I was being too OTT, or that he didn't like me on camera - then I worried that I wasn't taking direction enough, and then I worried that I would never be hired again, and this increasing feeling of panic eventually led me to be distracted during the rest of the scenes. ​ This has happened before. i keep hoping these feelings will pass, but most of the time, they don't, or they pass, only to come back again. ​ I've realized that I even feel performance anxiety before and during sex. And I just missed an audition because of it. ​ This author I used to follow used to say "just feel it - and it will go away" (it being the anxiety) - but that has NEVER worked for me. And YES - i do know that many actors get some stagefright from time to time, but I feel like it's crippling me. ​ I'm a very talented voice actor - however, I can only perform when there''s nobody else in the house/anywhere.
To NYC actors: how the hell do you pay rent? by Butfartter420 • last post Mar 24th
Even with roommates, an hour away from midtown I still have to pay $800. That comes out to like, a third of my salary in my survival job, that still barely makes theater work possible. If I get sick I'll just die because insurance is a pipe dream. I work full time, come into rehearsal exhausted and come home at 1am to Raman, MFA loan bills and a shoebox that I can sleep in for MAYBE 5 hours before I have to get up and do it again. What am I doing wrong? What survival job should I be going for? I'm getting gigs but I feel like I'm going to literally die.
When did you consider/call yourself an actor? by actingasevan • last post Mar 24th
Happy Sunday all! ​ I just got cast for my first play as an adult (did a few when I was much younger, I'm 28 now) which is a super humbling/surreal moment for me. I've just been doing acting classes for the past year or so. ​ That got me wondering on the question of do I call myself an actor now? ​ It may sound a bit like the impostor syndrome on my end, but I'm excited to finally get to show my chops outside an acting class and in front of an audience! ​ So, I was curious to see when YOU started calling yourself an actor (to friends, family, etc). Was it when you started taking acting classes? When you landed your first gig/agent? Your first headshot? Your first paycheck? ​ Thanks guys :) ​
Falsifying Credits by anaisclare • last post Mar 24th
I recently met an actor who showed me his IMDB, I was very impressed with his credits and experience. Then I looked closer and realized some films didn’t even exist, and some he definitely weren’t in. What’s the deal with lying about credits? I’d be too scared of getting caught.
Guidance needed for demo reel! by krockyw • last post Mar 24th
I've done a little research but would like to ask for advice and tips from fellow redditers.. Correct me if I am wrong. -should be 60 seconds, to grasp attention span? -should be dissected to different categories of abilities? Or would it be better to create custom ones to target client's needs? -background noise/music needed or not? Any pointers and help is appreciated. I would consider my self as an entry level v/o actor. Have experience in music production and recording. Thanks in advance :)
Survey to get insights into the voice acting industry by MashedPotatoStew • last post Mar 24th
I am currently working on a school project about voice acting. We are collecting data regarding the choices voice actors make. Why do you operate online, offline, or both? What market segment do you operate in? If you use an online platform, do transactions ever occur outside of the platform, with clients you met through the platform? Answers to questions like that will really help us with or project, so if you have some time, please fill in our survey (Google Forms): https://goo.gl/forms/XtXMoXManxdVzXUD3. Thank you so much!
actor access' aircheck by surosregimeprime • last post Mar 24th
Anyone used actor access' aircheck service before? What quality are the clips? Can you freely download them off your AA profile in the same quality? Would you recommend using it?
Summer Rehearsal Clothes Recommendation by TinyActor • last post Mar 24th
So I just found out that I’ve been cast in a Shakespeare in the Park tour, which I’m very excited about! I’ve done shows in the summer before and I’ve always struggled to put together outfits that are comfy, cute, cool and work appropriate. I find my usual summer apparel (jean shorts and tank tops) are too stiff and a bit too revealing to give me the range of motion I need in rehearsal, but bike short length is really unflattering and longer leggings are too hot. What are your go-to summer rehearsal outfits? And are there any particular brands you find to be the most actor friendly?
Actor Social Media Thread by theoortcloud • last post Mar 24th
Well guys, It seems acting has finally come to the point where social media presence is considered important and also something casting/production may consider when making their choices. I say we support each other on that specific journey. I've been trying to get more involved in social media (namely Instagram) while finding a balance that doesn't take up too much of my *real* life. Comment below your handles and I (we) will give you a follow/like etc. Let's get to networking!! ps. Feel free to shoot me a message. I think we can use this to continue building a network of artists and likeminded individuals. My instagram: @aatash.amir Edit: Mods, give me a holler if this is against the rules. Thanks!
Female Voice Actor needed for Student Project by GujjuBoi • last post Mar 24th
We're a team of 6 animation students working on a 5 minute short film based in 1960s noir with supernatural elements. We're looking for a female voice actor to play one of our main characters. ​ I'll attach a download link to a small presentation just talking about the movie to give anyone interested. ​ [In October](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LtMmucqY01t1FNAmeDjY5K2vJkbDCa6i)
FUNNIEST AUDITION TAPE MASHUP - Actors auditioning making dragon noises by tschuney • last post Mar 23rd
I feel so bad because I betrayed acting every time and it makes me sad by arielu12301 • last post Mar 23rd
So I wanted to open a post about how shitty my life are, but then in the middle of writing I started asking myself "weren't I did it before?" and the answer was simply yes. But one thing I didn't took in mind is that I am cheating my dream every time and it's killing me inside that I am just must share my feelings and (might) get help from you.'Sorry it's gonna be pretty long. My dream to be an actor was since I was 12. Just watching festivals, watching movies, series gave me so much motivation, so much joy and so much energy to be like them. My dream came with me all along that in my 14 when I didn't went to school for a year I started to get into movies and characters even more that I created my own one, with his own name, story, dressing, etc. I started doing something about my dream when I went to a boarding-school who had an acting class. I enjoyed from it so much. Seriously the first year was a blast. We made a show in front of 200 people I never had that much fun. My second year had a problem when they said the acting class will come back on the second half of the year. So I waited but had other things in my head which made me forget acting. Army made me forget acting for a while. But I still went when the acting class got open just not as much as excitment as I had at the beginning because I was focus on something else. It's just that they left me a very big period of time which I did not did anything about acting and forgetting everything I learend. On the third and final year on the boarding school I asked for an acting class outside of the boarding-school. They let me. Again I had so much fun. Three years of acting, doing it was so much fun, the script, I loved reading, I loved training with my partners, well, something yes and sometimes not because there wasn't a good chemistry btw us. Anyway, here I am, 18.5, played in 3 shows of 200+ people. loved it. That's all I have as a low profile actor. In my country, Israel, every person must go and serve the country. Girls for 2 years, boys for 3. That's a tour of duty that everyone must give. I had almost 8 months before joining the army, so I had a lot space and I tried to get into acting even more. I tried to get an agent and I did get one. But the agent is only for bit rules and I didn't get much from him. So I kept searching on the internet, facebook groups, even sites for static rules, just to learn from the big ones. And I got a lot, I didn't earn from it much money but more experience and learning. I damn was shocking from see how huge and expensive studios are, and how many people are involve in it. Do you understand that more then 100 people are just around you and looking up to you and watching you! It's crazy. I once had a static rule which only involve my hands. LMAO. yes, only my hands. Nobody saw my face, BUT, it was all around me. taking care of ME. watching ME. when the director said quiet, everyone watched me and I got so excited from it. I had also a bit rule in a big series which supposed to come out this summer, I was nervous, It didn't went well. I wrote about it here and people told me that this is what experience is and I felt good after it so thank you again. [https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/comments/9q50z2/i\_had\_a\_bit\_role\_today\_and\_fucked\_up\_now\_i\_want/](https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/comments/9q50z2/i_had_a_bit_role_today_and_fucked_up_now_i_want/) Anyway, since then, it was my last rule I got, more like, I tried to get, because after the bit rule, I honestly felt I want more from this and not static rules. I wanted to get Anyway, since then, it was my last rule I got, more like, I tried to get, because after the bit rule, I honestly felt I want more from this and not static rules. I wanted to get experience from talking and to let the camera go around me. Not to be the one who is on the background doing nothing, feels a nightmare for me, feels like I am nothing. And I didn't get one, so I went and worked and worked to earn some money and save some for the future. and well, again, in those 6 months I forgot acting completely. I am a week before the army, feel so bad. Again, feels like I betrayed my dream. Forgot it for 6 months and what now? another 3 years? Today I finished a turkey series, Ezel. The ending was so sad that I cried. I cried so much, I am not a guy who cry, AT ALL. I felt so sad that the character will not have a happy ending because I loved him so much. In this moment I felt like I got a slap on my face. Because this is why I loved acting. This is why I started acting. Because I want people to love my craft, to love my character, to cry, to laugh, the ability to miss the character, IS why I love acting. Today it happend to me, again. I want to be an actor, to be a huge one, but I am so afraid. From forgetting acting in the army? and what if I will waste years by not getting anything like my mother tried? What is it's all fantasy and it's impossible? I am not rich. I literally a step from living on the streets. I don't want to live there. I want to be rich. I want to come with a lamborgini to my wedding. Not to cry after every penny. I have so many fears that I don't if people will ever understand me. But I am so confuse. Money? Dream? Lucky? what should I follow? 3 years of army maybe I'll forget acting? And if I won't I SURE won't be as good as I used to be. Maybe after the army I'll be like "ugh, this is so boring", and OMG I don't want this to happen to me just because the army gave me different feelings. UGH. UGH. What should I do? Please help me. ​
Thinking of dropping out of uni. Thoughts? by showtunie • last post Mar 23rd
Hello, all! MT major from Wisconsin here. Been in school for three years, going to be in two more if I decide to stay, which is where my issue lies. I transferred from a smaller university to a bigger one in the state, studying MT the whole time. Found out this year that it wasn’t my old university making me miserable, but was my being in the education system as a whole. Lately I’ve been considering dropping out to pursue my career without it. Today I was at an audition with a girl who goes to my school who told me she was in her junior year, but that she didn’t have plans on going back. That she felt like she was ready to move on, and so she was packing up and moving to NYC in August. Very strange and corny to say it, but it felt like God was talking to me. This is not a one-night decision. It’s also not a decision I expect anyone else to make for me. I’m just looking for some fellow actors’ advice. It just feels like I’ve been following a path everyone expects me to follow — that I’ve been doing so much for others’ opinions that I haven’t really done something I wanted to do. I’ve always said I wouldn’t be in school if it weren’t for my family. Idk, I am really rambly right now! Sorry. I wouldn’t be moving anytime soon (the end goal used to be New York, lately I’d love to be based out of London) because I need money before I do anything. If this were to be my plan, then I’d take up one or two jobs until I felt comfortable, take classes on the side in my city, and then move. OR I stay in school for two years, get my degree, probably work to save up, and go from there. I’m at a school where networking really isn’t a pro for staying in school. Gotta love Wisconsin. Sorry to rant and ramble! I can offer more pros and cons of either idea. I just want to hear what people have to offer on leaving school, and staying. I’m asking just about everyone I know. Thanks, guys!!
hey what's a good & effective process that actresses/actor use to feel any given emotions? by bestminipc • last post Mar 23rd
a step by step process would be good
Play Club! by FearlessInteraction • last post Mar 23rd
*Hello!* My name is Leo, I am a young actor in NYC and I recently discovered this reddit along side an idea to form a **play reading club**. We can form a group chat and every certain allotted time that we chose can have a new play from the recommendations of members and we can have timely discussions on the play and playwright!! DM or comment if you are interested and I can start formatting a master list of those interested! :) I want to start it by the **end of the month** so we can start fresh heading into April xx
Itemized deductions for actor taxes- how has it changed this year? by peanutbuttermuffs • last post Mar 23rd
This year I am filing jointly with my husband. In prior years, I have claimed everything I could think of as an itemized deduction and it prevented me from owing a ton of money. This year I know that the deductions are different for actors, but how? Can I still claim all my normal things (shampoo, headshots, movie tickets, etc) or has that been taken away? Also, for years to come, should I create a business (LLC) to help with the taxes? I haven’t made a large amount of money in acting this year, unfortunately, so I’m a little worried. Last year I spent about $6000 on acting expenses and probably the same this year but making far far less in return. Any help I can get would be amazing, thank you!
Looking for a fellow actor to be buddies and share stories! by Tonton646 • last post Mar 23rd
Hello! I'm really looking to make a friend with a fellow actor here. I don't have a lot of friends in the acting field, so I'd love to swap stories and dreams and roles and so on. For some additional info: - I am 22 years old and a male - Attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the fall - I love horror movies! - Big into video game, also love to read and write. - I have a BA in English - Also love cats! If anyone is interesting in striking up a conversation, feel free to shoot me a message. Thanks. :)
Self tape help Washington DC/VA area by sethcassell23 • last post Mar 22nd
Hey I'm back home from LA and my mgmt just sent me a self tape that I definitely need a decent reader for. Any other actors available today?
Cart Before the Horse? by WinonaPortman • last post Mar 22nd
I was skimming through this sub the other day and saw some discussion that kinda made me shake my head a little. It was all about the concept of needing to know the business. I certainly agree that it's important. Crucial, in fact. However, one person suggested that it is perhaps even more important than craft which reminded me of a [very old column from Backstage by the resident mid-level agent who actually used to actively participate on those now-on-life-support forums.](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/red-light-green-light-1-61917/) I was still in high school then, but it obviously made an impression since I still remember all these years later and will now share it. The main gist was just general advice on how to get an agent, but his 5th point was what stuck and was definitely something I noticed in a sad subset of actors who were going nowhere fast when I moved to LA ... **5. Don't suck.** **This is the big one, folks. I constantly meet actors who have trained themselves to be super business people, always marketing and promoting themselves, expertly navigating the dark tunnels of the industry. But what's the point of all that work if you're not a great actor? Every opportunity you create will be wasted because you won't have the talent to take advantage of it.** Just sayin'.
Why would a SAG voice actor need to sign a Taft Hartly? by ForenzaAsmr • last post Mar 22nd
I was offered a role for a game that, when I asked what compensation would be done, promptly was turned away within minutes. They're reasoning was "We can only pay Sag voice actors." I said thanks for the opporutnity and no problem. Remembering I actually have several associates in it, I asked them what email they would like to be contacted with. (The reason for that is my initial contact is mainly on Discord, something the Sag VAs don't use at all) They're next response besides the "Huh?" was: " We would have to sign a taft hartley to use union actors " But . . . .when I researched it . . . it said its only for "Non unioned people to work on union jobs" I've researched it and did what I could, but confused on that. Hope you guys can help. Thank you.