Behind the Scenes of Acting - What Acting is Really Like - Insights from a Professional Actor

Actor Dave Maldonado shares his journey working with industry legends like Bryan Cranston, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Hanks, and Ryan Coogler. Discover the unfiltered reality of maintaining an acting career and the persistence required for this unique job.

Like all TFTS episodes, you get the unfiltered reality of how this job works that you won't find in any instruction manual.

If you have an interesting job and would like to be a guest on the show, then email me at [email protected]

Real Human conversations. No AI in this video.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:27 What is an Actor
3:19 Getting Started
7:37 Acting classes
8:58 Stage vs film
10:04 Prison Break
12:12 Trial by fire
14:15 Dave the Detective
16:15 Character types
17:16 Advice for new actors
20:03 Authenticity in performance
21:51 How does actor pay work?
25:21 Movie vs TV work environment
30:33 Slang terms on set
32:19 Personalities in the job
34:44 Working with Tom Hanks
37:40 People Peepin
40:53 Auditioning while nervous
43:35 Dave’s audition trick
47:04 Biggest role you didn’t get?
51:19 Importance of small roles
52:33 Southeast vs Hollywood market
56:11 Acting in period pieces
58:31 Filming the Tomorrow War
1:01:02 Overcoming career adversity
1:03:08 Mental health and acting
1:05:04 Most skilled actor worked with?
1:07:23 Deepwater Horizon Improv
1:08:10 Favorite TV experience
1:10:54 Filming the Movie Sinners
1:14:03 Doubts
1:19:00 Change anything about acting?
1:20:30 Stance on AI in industry
1:29:15 Secret about acting careers

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