Reddit · 22 Apr 2021
What keeps you going to continue pursuing acting?
I am not an actor myself, but I am interested in the industry and have done a little amateur dramatics myself in the past. I just wondered what keeps you motivated to keep going?
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
How to record at home
So, not really acting, but I need advice from actors. My school has a thing were every year all the students put on an "Exihibition night" and present a poem, or whatever. For my social studies class, we have to (as a class) put on a readers theater, and send in videos of us reading our parts so the teacher can make it…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Tips for a director?
I've made movies since I was like ten. But all of the early stuff was with friends, then friends that were interested in acting, then local actors who were willing to work for either free or practically free. I'd play all the roles: writing, directing, shooting, editing. I'm comfortable with that when it's a small low…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Zoom plays, voiceover, new media, etc. on a resume?
Polishing my resume and have a couple of questions! 1. I am curious if any zoom plays I've been involved in would go under the theatre section or a "new media" section. I've been putting them under my theatre section, but not sure if that's the best place for them to go. 2. From my understanding, new media usually cons…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Is it good or bad when an acting teacher doesn't fault your performance?
I did a term class with a highly reputable school in my market. It was mostly practical and every week we would perform a script to the teacher, who was both a coach and a local, successful actor. I would memorise my script and I implemented every tip I could into my performances. I think my acting is pretty natural bu…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Pardon this naive question about something I booked but...
Hi guys, Recently I booked my (biggest) part on a Netflix show. On the first day at table read the show runner comes up to me and says “congratulations, your AUDITION earned you your part” - the other ppl at table read are recognizable/ working actors. Pardon me for being so damn naive but what does that mean? Bc I was…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Disney Discovers Showcase 2021. Anyone get the first email?
Hi all. I got the email about the pre-rounds. They will be sending it on Actor Access. And said from here on out all communication will be through there. Thing is. How do they know my AA Account? Are they just going to look me up? Also, has anyone done this in the past? What was it like? ​ Best,
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Do you gamer voice actors know anyone who sounds similar to Edward Bosco?
I'm working on a mod for Smash, but I don't have the money to commission Edward Bosco to record voice clips. So I'm scouring the internet for games/ works that have similar sounding VA's, which I can then edit their voices to supply the voice clips needed for smash. Sorry if this breaks any rules in the subreddit. [Fir…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
Beginner actor, but have taken some classes and gone on some sets (craft questions)
So, I didn't really know how to word my question(s) but the title is basically where I'm at. I would still consider myself a beginner actor but I'm lucky to have been on some big sets and now a few months into classes. Before I started, I felt like I couldn't do it. But after I started, I gained a lot of confidence tha…
Reddit · 21 Apr 2021
I have a ugly voice
Hey, so as a kid, I did a lot of free voice acting work and for the most part people enjoyed my voice and I got steady voice acting hobby work. Since I was doing so well, I decided to start posting on YouTube. I got tons of dislikes and a couple comments saying I had a strange voice, so I quit completely. Now I want to…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Seeking Advice. How should writers communicate with actors?
Hope you're all well. I would love to hear your experiences and preferences when speaking with the writer of a project. Mainly on a set/pre-prod. \- What kind of questions would you ask a writer? \- What do you want/not want to know about your character? Is too much info a hindrance? \- What do you want to see in a wri…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
location advice for aspiring actor in Toronto
I know this all could be worded better,please bare with me. I live 40-minutes outside of Toronto, and I'm trying hard to convince myself that Toronto is a great place to be an actor and that it has everything I would need to succeed. I am in my 30's (I know, I know...acting is something you start in your teens or 20's)…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Demo Reel and Voice sample
Hey guys. I'm coming to you with a story you have all heard before. I have 0 experience and I want to be an actor. Now I've done my research and I think I can make it in that world, but there is something I am really not sure about and would like your help with. I don't have a demo reel or a professional voice recordin…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
SAG name debacle
When I first started my career, I assumed I could just use my real name but then I saw there were several others who shared it already on imdb. I came up with a stage name. Now, 2 projects I was on got confused and added my real name to imdb while I already have one with my stage name. I called SAG & they said there ar…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
PLEASE read the sidebar.
It’s annoying. I have a ton of questions as a beginner, but so many of them are easily answered if you take the time to read the faq, not to mention the rules. Posts asking “how do I start?” “How do I become an actor?” are clogging new and wasting everyone’s time. Sorry for the mini rant, but it’s been bothering me for…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Help me get in contact with a professional voice actor?
Hello everyone. I’m a 17 year old guy who’s currently taking English 3. For our final project, we have to interview someone who has a career that we’re interested in. It is my current dream to become a voice actor and I would love to interview someone with said career. I’d like to interview someone who has experience i…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Why do you want to be an actor?
Sorry in advance if this has been asked one too many times. I just love reading about people being passionate because it heats up the fire in me as well :D.. Why did you decide that you want to be an actor? Ever since I was a child, I’ve always dreamt of being an actress and seeing myself in big screens. I would memori…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
How did you LEVEL UP and get great legit rep? (Agents)
This is for folks that are hustling and have at least 2 guest stars/series regular credits so you are bringing something to the table. Also for people that hustle and make their own movies and get into film festivals - not people sitting on their butts expecting handouts. This isn't for commercial rep only legit rep -…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
An Actor’s Mindset
This thought has been bothering me for several months now– almost a year. Lately, I’ve been training my mind to always think proper, be a team player, be kind, do good, hold the emotions, and avoid conflict. I’ve always told myself, be subservient. Be humble. You’re still nowhere near your dreams. (Which I admit is tru…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Kate Winslet's daughter
In several news outlets they are covering how Kate Winslet said her daughter got into acting "all on her own". Yet, she is repped by her mom's agency. Does that count as getting in "on your own"? Kate saying that is totally tone deaf and a kick in the guts to struggling talented actors out there, further entrenching th…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
Deciding which city to relocate to - advice/opinions needed!
Prefacing this post by saying that I have read the FAQs and posts about moving to LA/NYC/Atlanta, but I would appreciate some specific feedback if that’s okay! I (23F) graduated from college last year and am looking to relocate for my acting career. I trained for a professional career in classical ballet through high s…
Reddit · 20 Apr 2021
What is the typical timeline and experience for receiving headshots & retouched images? is my experience typical?
I got headshots done in early March by a renowned nyc headshot photographer. I’m incredibly green and it was my first time getting professional headshots done and I informed them about that. The experience was mostly good. But afterwards, there was a collection of minor not-great things that made me feel... just not gr…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Question: Should I be native?
Hi I'm new to this community I have big question: Should I be a native at English, if I want to become a voice actor? It's one of my biggest fears that maybe people want to work with native voice actors and I have 0 chance. For example this is [my reel post](https://www.reddit.com/r/VoiceActing/comments/mspmhb/video_ga…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Advice for a Newbie
Hey there! So I recently moved to NYC to pursue acting. I have a couple of small film credits to my name, I feel like the next step for me is representation, but I'm just not sure where to even begin. So just wanted to poll the community on advice for a newb. I'm all over Backstage and Actor's Access, but I feel like I…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Hiring Feminine Voice Actors
Hiring erotic voice actors with a feminine voice. We are looking for a variety of voices for different short stories and role play scripts. Works range from role playing a female elf in a high fantasy setting to narrating a story about a female alien abducting a human male. The scripts are 2000 to 6000 words. We will p…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Advice, please!
Hi all! So I want to become a chef, but I also am worried that that will force me to give up acting. From what I read, the resteraunt industry is very difficult; long hours, low wages, slow career advancements. I love cooking but I also love acting. I think the reason I'm picking cooking is because I'm better at cookin…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
My experience so far at an independent acting school based in the UK (Unseen)
Hello everyone! A couple of months ago, I had replied to a post about an acting school called The Unseen (which I have now forgotten where the post is)which is based in London and at that time, I hadn’t gone to any classes. It’s now been a a couple months since then and currently, I have technically been in student sin…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
"Steps of a Mastermind" Film
My daughter has been cast in a movie, [\#stepsofamastermind](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stepsofamastermind?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW-qWNdskBipaxZUn8E0y2TZxaVdtslbHSQhqWDQbwmiY-TOEfp6TUW8T-8PWMKIsk8RC2Pb7bMuY_IJ8d_gQqupVf5pkWW5aNn0K4oQnS4fdV8OK12hx_-xnZv6mceML0rxkFgKoQgbh2is0wdwnZBgaePGCKtmRLVtT5riyOEWwUKZuPXOM5bP1…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
I really need help
Hi, so I'm currently in my second year of University in England doing a BA in acting, and I'm truly hating it. I don't believe this course will benefit me in any meaningful way and I'm beginning to lose a my love of acting, I really don't see any point in it anymore because at the end of the day there isn't really; I c…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Future in acting for 27 y/o ? Desperately need this.
Hello everyone! I have been toying with myself whether to post this, but better late than never I suppose. I'm an aspiring actor from the UK. I have a graduate degree in Computer Science from an Ivy League school in the US but my passion's always been to act in theatre, and hopefully, in movies and shows. Had to come b…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
VERY Surprised regarding "Backstage" from this crowd
I am new here (as you can tell) and I've loved contributing and learning from this community. I wasn't sure wether to post this or not but I figured I will because it is one of the things that have surprised me since I joined. I am and have always been L.A. based, grew up here, met my husband here, kids are born here.…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
I feel so jealous of actors my age who are successful...
I'm 16, and i hate that i become so jealous seeing actors my age be successful. even older than me, i feel jealous. i absolutely loved watching the show, 'It's a sin'. but one of the actors told his story on how he got cast and it made me kinda sad. he was in acting university in his second year, but somehow the team f…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Can actors make a living in 2021?
I was watching an amazing show called, 'It's a sin'. It's based in 1981 I think, or at least it starts around that time. And one of the characters trains to be an actor and becomes one. He does fairly simple roles, sometimes TV, sometimes theatre, and he said he earned enough to make a living in that time. He was by no…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Any tips for an extra who hasn't acted before?
I signed up for a casting agency for fun, thinking I might get the odd foreigner extra role due to my accent (a Scandinavian looking foreigner in England). Surprisingly, I got the offer to play a featured character who is a very Scottish socialite. The movie is on the scale of Bridgerton maybe, same level of known acto…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
How do actors dissociate with the roles they play?
You know when you finish watching a really good show and you were really attached to the characters but now it's over? Well that's pretty much what just happened to me, I just finished watching a really sad show, like it's super depressing and the characters even look depressed at so many points like the acting is SO r…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Should I get headshots before or after submitting to an agency?
Hi all! I am currently in my first year at a BFA acting program and have been fortunate enough to book various theatre gigs as well as get some indie film credits under my belt. I'm looking to submit to agencies within the next few months once I have enough material to put together a demo reel and enough work to pad my…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Actors who moved to Los Angeles - what was your job situation when you first moved out there?
Did you have a job lined up? Did you move without a job and take whatever you got? How did this affect your apartment hunting? I have a good amount of money saved. I was thinking of maybe staying long term in an AirBNB for a month or two while I look for any job and then once I get the job, an apartment (by walking aro…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
How does it feel to be an actor that never made it?
i’m not here to shit on anyone’s story but all over the news and media we only get the positive side of acting, the ones were people do one gig and they become stars. so as someone who is looking into getting into acting, this has been a question that has been at the top of my head lately. note : JUST BECAUSE YOU ARENT…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
UK Agents: Slow to Reply or Just Not Interested?
Hi! This one is for actors repped by UK agents. **Backstory:** I reached out to a number of agents via email for representation last week, and immediately scored an interview with one of them the next day. However, nothing else has materialised - apart from a few rejections blamed on Covid struggles (though who knows i…
Reddit · 19 Apr 2021
Do voice actors ever employ the subharmonic register in their work?
As bass singer, I’m a big fan of this technique for sing superhumanly low notes that would otherwise be impossible. I watching an interview with Steve Blum the other day, and at certain points, it almost sounds like he speaks in that register. I know that’s unrealistic but I’m curious about how it can be utilized.
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
Sad little rant about missed opportunity
I’m mainly here to just sulk in a missed opportunity because none of my friends or family understand my sadness. When I heard Iman Vellani, a complete nobody was cast as Ms Marvel, I thought maybe that was my chance as well. I searched but I never knew where to find the marvel casting calls. I was then told that marvel…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
Is video game dialogue said in a way that’s purposely sounding catchy?
I’ve been playing a few older PC games and I realized that almost every single line, even the short and seemingly pointless ones, are expressed in a way that sounds catchy. It sticks with you. But maybe it was just me. Maybe it’s playing an old game for the first time in years. Could be. Otherwise, is the dialogue in v…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
What is a good online resource where I can look for someone to hire to make a video?
I'm working on a video project and I was wondering if there are any good resources out there for finding actors to make a video. Like it can be done remotely and sent back to me.
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
How do you get better at acting without classes?
First of all, I want to say that I do plan on getting classes eventually. As of now I'm still in school, but I plan on attempting to be a working actor in the future. Right now I am unable to get lessons/classes, but I understand it's an important part of the process to becoming more talented. Are there some other ways…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
Woman in 30’s who looks 21
So a fellow actress in one of my classes shocked everyone today when she said she was 32. We all thought she was 21 and somebody else said she should just lie since she’d probably get away with it like Alexa Demie (lol). She’s mixed Asian by the way so that might be why? Which got me thinking. I’m mixed too and am in m…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
UK work?
Hello! I read an old post on here about Americans working in the UK. I have seen more actors work in the UK and a lot being produced there. I was wondering if the process for someone to do work in the UK from America is the same? The visa is awfully hard to get and only given out 1000 times a year? Everyone talks about…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
Has Anyone Taken William Esper Studio's Online Intensives?
I have wanted to join this studio for a long time. I read The Actor's Art and Craft and have started to save up money for the 2-year core program. But, because so many studios are switching online due to the pandemic, they now offer an Online Intensive Course! Has anyone taken this and have any advice or feedback on th…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
Do I need to go to drama school and lessons to become an actress
Hi, I am 15 and I love acting so much and really want to pursue it as a career. My parents aren't supportive of this and won't let me join the drama school I want to go to. There is local drama groups that I have been in but they are more focused on singing which I completely understand but I feel like I'm not making a…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
13 yr old with no expirence
Hello! I am a aspiring actor, I want to make it to Hollywood. The thing is, I can’t do any acting classes because of covid, I’m planning on going to them and theatre afterwards. The thing is, I need to prepare myself. Ofc I was browsing through YouTube and such but it’s so hard to know when to start when there’s so muc…
Reddit · 18 Apr 2021
LGBTQ actors are you "out of the closet" in regards to your career
I have many friends who are part of the community but they dont post about it online or share their partners. They are intentionally being vague out of worry they won't get roles. Friends and family know. But casting and agents do not But with more actors being open about their romantic relationships would you feel mor…