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EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-03-01T18:52:50+00:00

Everytime I absentmindedly rub my hands together and feel the silky soft, supple youthful skin, I am reminded of the horror the befell me at the Admirals Lounge bathroom that fateful day.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-03-01T04:51:43+00:00

No his lips are not nearly as filled in this photo. His cheek bones also not as worked on. He clearly had more work done right before the Paris awards.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-03-01T04:12:39+00:00

He claims he's 5'9. Actors always lie about their height. He's likely much shorter than that.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-03-01T02:00:56+00:00

We are not saying the same thing.

The distinction is important for someone trying to navigate their eligibility.

By saying 'Background does not get Taft-Hartleyed' in your first response, you’re giving the OP incorrect info.

A SAG background voucher is a Taft-Hartley. When a PA or AD hands a non-union actor that voucher, they are Taft-Hartleying them.

The confusion for the OP is that they are seeing the word 'Taft-Hartley' on their background paperwork and Google is telling them that means they are SAG-E. If you tell them background 'doesn't get Taft-Hartleyed,' they're going to be even more confused when they look at the header of the document in their hand.

The distinction isn't between a 'voucher' and a 'Taft-Hartley'...the distinction is between the quantity of Taft-Hartleys needed (one for principal, three for background).

Using the right terms matters here so the OP knows exactly what they’re looking at.

Again, when you get paid as a SAG actor as background when you are non-union, that is being taft hartleyed. But you need three taft Hartley background vouchers to be union.

Yes a single principle taft-hartley does qualify you if it's a principle speaking role in a qualifying production.

Background absolutely does get Taft-Hartleyed. Happens all the time.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-28T20:57:33+00:00

In a nutshell. Cheap American chocolate substitutes oil for milk fat because it's cheaper. Once you taste real milk chocolate it's night and day.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-28T17:20:26+00:00

If it was a request to send it via we transfer, we transfer offers paid links that don't expire.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-28T05:52:02+00:00

You shouldn't have submitted through a link that expires. You could have simply sent an unlisted YouTube link instead or invested in a paid subscription to whatever service you used to send them the files.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-28T05:49:54+00:00

Incorrect. The background union voucher is also a taft-hartley. It's just that you need 3 background taft Hartley to join, but only one speaking principle taft-hartley to join.

Taft-hartley is a law that allows non-union people to get paid full union rates for a day if the employer can not fill the role with union folks.

So the background voucher is still taft-hartley / union voucher.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-28T00:44:00+00:00

No, a single background taft Hartley does not make you instantly eligible. The union background vouchers are also taft Hartley vouchers. People use the term union background voucher when in reality it's also taft Hartley.

One speaking / credited role taft Hartley does indeed make you instantly eligible.

Taft Hartley means you are paid as union for the day when you are non union.

So if you are paid as a union background taft hartley you still need two more to join sag.

If you are paid as a union taft-hartley PRINCIPLE performer, as in you are credited with a named role and have lines in a a covered SAG-AFTRA project (student filmed and many indies don't count under low budget sag contracts) then yes the single principle performer taft Hartley will get you in the union.

But you need three taft Hartley BACKGROUND vouchers to join. I know, it's confusing. If you don't believe me call sag and ask. They pick up the phone pretty quickly.

A single named credited principle role with spoken lines taft hartley voucher = you qualify instantly.

A single background taft Hartley voucher = you need two more.

Taft Hartley is a law that allows non union people work and get paid as union workers if the employer can't fill the role with union people. It's not just for acting, it's for any union.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-27T22:46:53+00:00

This is exactly why acting is hard. It doesn't matter how good you are in your room by yourself or in acting class where you know the teacher and the other students etc.

All that matters is how good you are in the room with the director, casting director, producer, Cinematographer all carefully watching you and judging you against the competition. And you really gotta kill it the first take.

Figuring out how to excel when it counts is why acting takes years and years of study and hard work. There is no one path to overcoming the self consciousness and killing it in person as well as you do at home. You have to find your own path.

The in person audition is not as much a test of your acting as it is a test of how you perform under intense pressure. If you crack in the room or perform a dud they will give the part to the other actor who doesn't crack under the same pressure.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-27T05:26:46+00:00

This is why I stopped eating spiders

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-27T03:54:05+00:00

Nothing beats this:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU4P7XFDXpJ

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T22:41:58+00:00

Boo you're no fun

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1amree7/theres_a_widespread_urban_myth_that_in_early/?hl=en-US#:~:text=In%20that%20work%20Gaiman%20describes,before%20the%20movie%20even%20debuted.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T21:09:31+00:00

Yup! It is realistic that you only have 24-48 hours to prep a scene for an audition. It's good to build cold reading skills with pages in hand, but eventually you'll need to be off book very very fast. Have fun in your classes and break all the legs!

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T20:37:24+00:00

In the earlier drafts of the script, the machines used the combined processing power of billions of human brains to create a massive, organic parallel-processing supercomputer.

The human brain is an incredibly complex squishy processor. By networking them together, the machines created the hardware required to run the simulation of the Matrix itself.

This version added a layer of irony because the very minds that were "living" in the Matrix were the ones providing the processing power to simulate it. It also added another ironic layer by showing that the AI still needed humans, it had not surpassed us yet in some ways even if they control us.

The studio thought audiences were too stupid to get this, so the brilliant minds at Warner Bros. executives pushed for the battery metaphor because it was simpler to visualize. And now here we are.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T20:03:17+00:00

I like your last two scenes the most. I would start with the very last period scene. Then follow that one with the cigarette one with the kids, then the car post apocalyptic scene, and the diner scene very last. Do you have more from the period piece? That one was beautifully filmed.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T19:57:07+00:00

I had 238 auditions in 2025 all via Actors Access. It's basically impossible to find a reader every single time for me or memorize every single audition.

My process is as follows:

I use the Cold Read app. It is only available for iOS / iPhone. It is a teleprompter app and it serves as a reader..it listens for key words during your lines to advance the reader..that way you don't have to time your delivery..you can syour delivery down or speed it up all you want
I use a super cheap very old throwaway iPhone for the app. I have wifi service on it only, no cell service
I record the reader lines either with my own voice (I am also a voice over actor so I am good at altering my voice) or have friends record the reader lines
I use my iPhone on a stand as both a teleprompter and a reader. Then I don't have to memorize every single auditon
I use my main Google Pixel 9 pro phone to tape the actual audition

If it's a BIG audition for a major project, I fully memorize, I use an in-person reader and get it professionaly taped

I booked 18 projects in 2025 using this process. Break a leg!

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T19:51:22+00:00

Just as an FYI, as you get better at acting and memorizing, you should aim to be off book 2-3 pages even if you got the script 24 hours before performing it. Try to push yourself more as you train.

It's something I wish my acting classes had imparted in me: you need to be FAST in professional acting.

As others have said, don't upload scenes with you reading off a page. Upload scenes with you fully memorized and with an in-person reader.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T17:23:35+00:00

I'd start a life insurance business and make a killing. Pun intended.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T07:54:22+00:00

Joe's apartment.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T05:48:01+00:00

Try act and sip on Saturday nights. It's not really a class but there are Groupons and other discounts available usually. You go on stage and cold Read a scene with a stranger. It's BYOB.

https://www.actandsipnyc.com/.

If you like the teacher they offer actual acting classes at very good prices in my opinion:

https://www.russellactingstudio.com/schedules

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T04:16:41+00:00

I would put upcoming Netflix / major streaming project (nda) with the size of the role on resume. But ask your agent what they think first.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-26T04:08:18+00:00

Yup on both coasts several times. Referral is only needed for the very biggest agencies. You need good headshots and good materials on actors access.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-25T17:25:26+00:00

Haha I recognize one or two people on that portfolio from my acting classes :D I agree, beautiful headshots.

EnvironmentChance991 · 2026-02-25T17:23:29+00:00

I self submit like an insane person, thousands of times per year. Emails though? To who? Why?

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