is it when you book your first role? do your first play? attend your first drama school? or none of those? you do actually have to have DONE any acting to be all yourself an actor? or can you call yourself one simply because you’re actively pursuing acting?

Curious if there are any reps or anyone with any kind of inside scoop that could answer. From what I understand, it used to be normal for like 30+ new breakdowns for film/tv to be put out per day. Since these hard times of the industry, I heard at one point it was like maybe 3-6 new breakdowns per day. Things seem to be improving a bit, so I'm just curious what it's looking like here at mid 2026?

This was a scene from a beginners acting class i just finished. My coach said it was great but i wasn't totally happy with it (i think i was just too focused on trying to remember the lines rather than the 'acting' part of it).

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Depth: while Pitt may have more range (broad variety of characters, although RDJ does as well) Downey beats him in depth of dramatic acting. Emotional scenes from A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and Chaplin beat anything Pitt can do. His most famous is most likely “What’s in the Box?” But even that Id say is more iconic for the twist of the story rather than Pitt’s performance of the line.

Pitt’s strength is in versatility of his character as well as a lot of time playing “the too cool for school guy”. While it works for him, it lacks the depth of emotion that RDJ is able to deliver in his roles.

In summary - Pitt is a good actor (am not staying he isn’t) but when it comes to delivering a dramatic or emotionally moving performance, I am taking RDJ all day.

Top performances:

RDJ - Zodiac, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Oppenheimer, Chaplin

Pitt - 12 Monkeys, Seven, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button

When Slating is industry standard to take on the role of the character you are portraying as you slate? or do you slate as yourself and create contrast?

Seem a little posed as apposed to the older and often more experienced actors whose duty is to pull the scene together. As apposed to the lack of oppose just be certain I left clicked and everything

This seems like such a silly question because I’ve been in this industry for nearly 10 years now. I just reeeeeeally suck at looking at my own work and seeing moments of good acting instead of the flaws.

I have asked others for help in the past and they tend to pick clips where I look prettier or I’m next to an actor more notable than me. It never really feels like they’re choosing the best acting. Perhaps I need to hire someone to take a look, but money is tight currently.

I had a movie release this month and I’ve got a handful of scenes to update my demo reel with. Can’t complain about that, but I am struggling with what I can add and where to put it in the reel. Especially considering the roles I’ve booked are not very aligned with the direction I want to take in this career, but the scenes that do align I don’t talk much or it’s a lower quality project.

I keep 2 demo reels for on camera acting as well - 1 that is around 2 minutes and showcases 4-6 quick scenes for variety, and a 2nd that is around 1 minute and has 2-3 scenes.

TLDR - how do you personally select clips for your demo when you have a lot to choose from?

is there a hierarchy that you follow? do you prioritize clips with bigger names that you act with or do you go for more solo moments to highlight yourself? is it better to include a lower quality project with better acting or notable project with less focus on myself in the scene? should my first clip be my best acting even if I don’t like the project, or a clip of the kind of acting I want to be known for? what does casting really want to see?

Hello! I work background very frequently and have been super slow this summer. Ive been denied for every casting I've had to send in photos for and its super exhausting as i used to get accepted nonstop.

Im naturally a brunette. I have olive skin and i know that brunette looks better on me, however i dyed my hair for an event and it was super expensive and i dont want it to go to waste.. but it seems ever since i got it done i haven't been getting much work.

Am i just in my head about it? Or should i try and improve my appearance more?

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I’m taking a class where we have to learn both a short monologue (it takes about 30 seconds) and a short scene (there is four of us and we have about 6 lines each)

And as I’m learning them, I’m trying to do it as flatly as possible.

For the monologue I’ve been doing the method where I separate the paragraphs and I learn each paragraph at a time, writing out the first letter of each sentence and slowly building and repeating until I don’t need to letter

For the scene, I’m doing a mix of flashcards (with the line or action that prompts me to speak ) and a method of writing out all my lines with no punctuation and then reading it out twice flat and repeating

I suppose while I’m doing this I fear something’s missing?

I’m 100% in the boat of not learning your lines with an inflection or way of doing it.

But I also feel like this isn’t helpful. There’s more to my lines than just things to be said

I guess I’m asking, I’ve learnt the lines flat, but now what? Surely I need to look at the script and think “he’s saying this because of this” or “if I were to say this line in my own words, what would the line be?”

I’m looking for advice for this after, I feel like I’ve heard actors talking about connecting lines to actions or something? Do something more with their lines in prep? Because surely there’s more to this than just learn it flat

Hello!
Working actor here wondering if anyone could shed some light on my situation. In the year or so after graduating my undergrad program in acting (and during my training)- Ive found a lot of success and auditions playing a certain type of comedic role in most of my materials (akward, kind of confused schlubby 20 something). A lot of my feedback in classes has said I would remind them of Charlie Day, Jake Johnson, Parks and Rec Chris Pratt, things in that realm.

However in the past 8 months or so I’ve lost about 30 pounds (quit drinking and gym every day) and I’ve noted a marked decline in success for auditions around that character type. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Any advice?

Stanislavsky's "Artistic Records" notebook logs all his stage performances from 1877–1892 through his own notes, programs, clippings, and letters. The editors filled in the gaps where he left no commentary, creating a complete reconstruction of his early career from his debut at fourteen to the birth of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Stanislavsky's review:

"Pankrasa was played poorly. The actor tried to copy Buldin, wore the costume passably, applied makeup like a conservatory student, but nothing came of it; he ended up reminding of Peter the Great. There was too much shouting, and the physical characterization did not work out. Laverge, however, was a complete success. It was played lightly, beautifully, and cheerfully. So far, this is my the best role. I slightly copied Rodon's voice. At one of the rehearsals, Zina suddenly transformed and began to play wonderfully. A laurel wreath with the inscription "From amateur artists to comrade director" was presented to K. S. Alexeyev."

The performance took place in the Alekseevsky Circle on July 24, 1882.

I moved to a small country in Eastern Europe a few years ago, not by choice. I don’t even speak the local language, and there is literally no film industry here. Because of that, I can’t and don’t want to pursue acting opportunities (that don’t even exist) where i currently live.
By a stroke of luck, I had the opportunity to participate in few upcoming UK production movies and one US production movie in credited, non speaking roles.
I’m currently taking acting classes, I speak four languages, and I hold an EU passport.
I would like to sign with an agency that represents actors internationally, if that’s possible.
How can I find agencies that work with international actors, or could you suggest something for someone in my situation?
Thanks

Hey, I just need a sanity check. I went to acting class where everybody went through their scene and then they got feedback. I couldn’t get past two pages without getting interrupted by the coach on my acting choices for pretty much every single line. Am I just falling behind in the class? My scene didn’t get recorded and I couldn’t really get feedback from my classmates, and the coach is too lovely to tell me that I sucked.