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Could you be a Hollywood level actor?
- Thread starter Snake Eater
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Hayden Christensen is a Hollywood actor.
Now I've heard he's done better in other roles but, based on Episode II and III...
I could absolutely be a Hollywood actor. Probably not a voice actor though. And I'm neither attractive or charismatic enough to warrant me chasing such a career on a whim. I'd rather write novels.
Now I've heard he's done better in other roles but, based on Episode II and III...
I could absolutely be a Hollywood actor. Probably not a voice actor though. And I'm neither attractive or charismatic enough to warrant me chasing such a career on a whim. I'd rather write novels.
Yeah I mentioned nepotism and 'other things' coming together. A cocktail. Who you know matters quite a bit, but talent often or attractiveness separates the one from the others that know someone. Also it really really depends on fit. Artists are visionaries and a lot of times knowing/having talent doesn't matter - the vision and who fits that aesthetically/delivery-wise in the director's head.
Also, good directors can improve bad ones. Bad directors can ruin good ones. Same thing goes for fit.
Also, good directors can improve bad ones. Bad directors can ruin good ones. Same thing goes for fit.
It's astounding to me that 40% of people here think they could be a Hollywood caliber actor. Absolutely fucking delusional lol.
Are these the same people that claim they could throw better than the NFL quarterback they're watching on TV?
Are these the same people that claim they could throw better than the NFL quarterback they're watching on TV?
i'm sure i can run faster than usain bolt if i have the same coach and start training at the same age..
in my daydreams at least
38.9%. Lmao. Is this the narcissist version of being a temporarily embarrassed millionaire?
I see nobody who answered yes on that poll has ever worked as a casting editor before.
I see nobody who answered yes on that poll has ever worked as a casting editor before.
For sure, all you do is comb your hair and read from paper right?
Why so serious?
Acting is hard work that requires a lot of time and dedication. If you're not putting that in you're probably going to look super stiff on camera.
That number indicates a lot of people voting yes probably don't realize that.
I'll ask you again, why do you think people are voting seriously?
Do you really think that people don't already know what you just wrote?
Why would people not take a poll seriously online?
Etc...
Nope. It might seems easy to just show up on a set and put feeling into reciting your lines, and for some actors admittedly they don't do much more than that (or even meet that standard in some films), but being a truly talented actor requires a significant amount of emotional labor, memory, and study of literature and psychology. If you really want to be that good it can be very challenging to be 'on' all the time like that.
You don't think people overinflate their sense of self-worth and underestimate fields they don't understand? You're right that a lot of people aren't taking this poll seriously because it's the Internet but I bet a lot do nonetheless.
I think a poll like this is revealing because it's a sentiment I hear all the time outside of this thread.
Yes they do, we see it on this site all the time.
But it's also an open poll that has no real weight.
I'd ignore the poll results and look for telling posts if you want evidence of what you're describing.
Good lord no. I've taken a lot of film classes in college and have has to act a few times because of that. My bad acting stands out as terrible even among bad actors. I can't improve to save my life either.
Right. I'm weighing both. There's plenty of posts that read both ways we're approaching this from. Lol
The ratio of honesty to dishonesty in Era polls is fun to think about though. I spent a lot of time in that thread asking people whether they'd save themselves or a child on a sinking ship for that same reason. For all we know there could be a contingent of people that answer the poll honestly because they find an open poll with no real weight a freeing place to tell the truth and casually forget their /s in their reply. 🤷‍♂️
No, acting is actually pretty difficult. I could do a passable job in high school/college plays, but acting in a movie is way different, since the camera actually focuses on you and there aren't as many distractions to cover you if you slip up or don't do your best that day. Sure, you can have multiple takes, but still.
Also I love people pointing out shitty B movies as if that is what is implied by the OP.
Also I love people pointing out shitty B movies as if that is what is implied by the OP.
I don't think the survey is asking about this. Its just saying "if cast in a movie, could you pull it off without looking like an idiot" isn't it?
I've never been in a play or anything. I'm 99.99% sure I'd be awful, but I'm also wrong 99% of the time, so I'd probably be pretty good. Also I'm unattractive.
lmao at this poll results... show us some of your acting, we'll judge you! and we'll all laugh together
It's not that we all think we have a high ceiling as we see "Hollywood caliber" as the absurdly low floor it is. Hollywood sure don't cast on talent. A lot of it's purely based on looks, to the point that casting calls for minor roles can be downright offensive, like "old fat Mexican woman" or whatever. They're not casting method actors; they're casting stereotypes. Hell, just ask Peter Dinklage.
So. . . looks. Well sure, I'd never be a Chris Pratt. But I do look like a creep and could probably work as a pervy mook for those occasions when you need some mook to act all pervy so Chris Pratt gets to kill him or beat him into submission to show how much of a badass he is. That's still a "Hollywood actor" job and yeah, I do think I could pull that off.
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That's why when there is an open call audition there is a line around the block
I like that apparently over 160 people on this forum could be a Hollywood level actor, yet none of them became one.
Emotionally, I think I could. I stumble over my words all the time, though. I'd rather be where I am right now.
A Hollywood star where they are required to be extremely patient as the character is changed to fit my persona and they feed me every line as we shoot?
Sure.
Community theater or a lesser role where I am required to be prepared ? LOL - hell no.
Sure.
Community theater or a lesser role where I am required to be prepared ? LOL - hell no.
Can't believe people are responding this way to "blue valentine".
Just because you are a hopeless loser like Ryan Gosling's character doesn't mean you can act it.
Love to see people here remake this scene on their phone as they're such good actors.
Just because you are a hopeless loser like Ryan Gosling's character doesn't mean you can act it.
Love to see people here remake this scene on their phone as they're such good actors.
I have quite a bit of experience as a stage actor but acting in front of a camera is a different beast altogether.
I'd have to dedicate most of my time to perfecting the art form. But could I? I don't see why not if I deemed it my profession and focused on it.
Could I do it today without putting in the work? No. Would I be able to get land the roles and navigate the Hollywood scene? Most likely not even if I worked super hard.
That's why I never tried - it seems too risky, like trying to win the lottery.
Could I do it today without putting in the work? No. Would I be able to get land the roles and navigate the Hollywood scene? Most likely not even if I worked super hard.
That's why I never tried - it seems too risky, like trying to win the lottery.
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So 37.5% of the voters so far think they could reach the level that less than 1% of actors ever achieve, interesting
that 1% are there due to who they know than anything else really.
Obviously there is talent involved, but that's not the whole story.
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Not every single person in Hollywood is Casey Affleck, meaning that they have some sort of direct nepotism-like connection to the business, most actors basically start from nothing and make it, you can check anyone's IMDb profile and see how their career started. Obviously some luck is needed, but that usually comes in the form of some agent or casting director taking a chance on an unknown
No fucking way. I can't get out of my head enough. I've tried very small roles for school/work related type skits and I'm just terrible.
Good acting is, imo, an under rate skill. I appreciate people that can just become someone else for a couple weeks/months while dozens of people watch them and move lights and rigging around them.
Good acting is, imo, an under rate skill. I appreciate people that can just become someone else for a couple weeks/months while dozens of people watch them and move lights and rigging around them.
