Should Actors Move to Atlanta or Los Angeles?

SAG-AFTRA Atlanta's own Mike Pniewski talks about the differences of living and acting in Los Angeles and Georgia for new actors. Should you move to L.A. or Atlanta for your acting career?
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[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

L.A. or Atlanta? Actors, which one do you prefer?

[@captainsisko7629]

If you move to Atlanta you better be comfortable being around alot black people

[@rickmessina2911]

Hopefully anyone should be comfortable around people in general cause people are people regardless.

[@DanielGennaro]

@@captainsisko7629 that’s a fair assertion to make and doesn’t make it a racist statement. It’s like saying moving to Kansas is being comfortable around a lot of white ppl and nooo diversity

[@jerrybarnes161]

Atlanta is NOT ALL that it pretends to be!

[@michellerosebrown]

@@captainsisko7629 Very true.

[@leeanidoo638]

I saw that Atlanta was the number one filming location in the World...

[@barrydaryle7817]

Lee Anidoo really??? I thought it was Los Angeles.

[@irishman3375]

@@barrydaryle7817 it's Atlanta

[@lamarbrown3531]

Yes

[@lamarbrown3531]

@@irishman3375 yes

[@michaelhurley3171]

I thought it was Vancouver

[@kellysirois6482]

I am a working actress in Georgia. I think there are real opportunities for Georgia actors to get booked for Hollywood roles. I am friends with a few fellow Georgia trained actors, three of whom I will see on the big screen soon. It was great hearing your perspective Mike.

[@michaelsix9684]

Atlanta is more livable, has lots of projects being made all the time

[@barrydaryle7817]

I'm moving to Los Angeles to pursue & elevate my Acting & modeling career. I just feel like LA is the better move for me because of close vicinity to network of entertainers, powerful executives in the entertainment industry, opportunities are limitless.

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

Good luck out there! Let us know how it goes.

[@tommyboybr]

I’m in Atlanta and ready to shine!!!! Blink blink 😉😎🤩👍🏼

[@brandyswanson1055]

I plan to move to Atlanta first to gain more credits,train more, get a agent, join SAG, then go to LA so I can be prepared.

[@RobertMcPhalen]

I recommend going to LA to train & learn then move to ATL to work.

[@sovietninja6865]

I still have years to go, but I like to have goals in my life. It’s between Atlanta and LA. Atlanta and LA have more film , and tv. I also want to do plays at local professional theatres as well.

[@javionriley8739]

If you’re black American your place is in Georgia because it’s economically politically built and controlled by us for us, it’s apart of the black American ancestral land since slavery

[@kingdrift1136]

Got it so dont move there if you’re not black

[@andredupuis5461]

I remember him from "Remember the Titans" and "Lottery Ticket".

[@andredupuis5461]

@@georgiaboxoffice7932 Lol, he seems to always play a policeman

[@QuietlyCurious]

This is very helpful advice.

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

Thanks for watching!

[@pocahontas4583]

I see everyone saying Georgia is less expensive but I bet not for long with everybody moving there now to be actors.

[@RobertMcPhalen]

It all depends on your particular circumstances.I live in LA and my rent is $340 per month; in an apartment by myself - no roommates. I'm paying $200 per month to train at Playhouse West (a GREAT school and a LOT less than I'd be paying to train at some place like Stella Adler or the American Academy of Dramatic Arts).

[@visq]

@@RobertMcPhalen do mind sharing what apartments those are?? Thanks!

[@AlkoWasAlreadyTaken]

@@RobertMcPhalen How did you manage that??

[@fletchdavidson6079]

Subscriber 💯!!

[@CandanceOnline]

I’m about 5 to 6 hours away from Atlanta.

[@CinemaGatesPictures]

I making movies in Georgia right now

[@nickcanon]

@RNS Give them a reason to. I ignore people when they reach out like that. Its a lazy approach to networking.

[@jumpy5064]

Dontrel Dontrel no stop spammimg

[@dontreldontrel416]

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[@jumpy5064]

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[@dontreldontrel416]

@@jumpy5064 okay teach me I need all the help I can get lol

[@PrinceChris93]

I'm a writer and filmmaker trying to figure out where to move I'm thinking Atlanta for the cost of living la is too expensive

[@PeachvilleProd]

Visit both locations and see what you think is best for you as a filmmaker... I'm from atlanta but planning on moving to LA due to me having a crew ready out there.

[@marvinbryson7950]

Lived and worked in LA for 9 years, then ATL for a few months. I encourage everyone to go to LA for at least a year. You'll find that all television and film is not created equal. There's nothing quite like working on A List big budget productions. Literally different worlds.

[@RobertMcPhalen]

Everybody keeps saying that but I'm paying $340 per month for a studio apartment in North Hills, Los Angeles (about five or ten minutes from Hollywood). I live by myself; with no roommates. It all depends on your particular circumstances.

[@sallybah6520]

Thanks for the video I was trying to find we to move, I live near to Chicago but I was think to move to Atlanta or LA. Am a new to the industry.

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

Thanks for watching! Deciding where to go can be a bit difficult right now.

[@seymoorepoone9512]

Georgia is cheaper.

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

💯

[@hannajean8204]

i live 30 mins from Atlanta in Barlow County. is that okat?

[@michellerosebrown]

Want to make it in the majors. I'm currently in the minor league doing plays in local professional theatre. I want to make it to the show.

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

Keep striving

[@RobertMcPhalen]

Which show? Some shows are filmed in LA, some in Georgia. If you aim at nothing you'll hit your target every single time.

[@jazmynwashington7881]

I’ve lived in LA 2 years and I’m really at a crossroads on weather to stay in LA or come to Atlanta? Any advice ?

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

Mike gave some great points for both cities. What’s keeping you from making a decision? What’s holding you back?

[@Geneisha]

I’m in the same boat. Being from the south it’d be nice to try ATL, if anything to be closer to home. But then again I’m in a good place here in LA 😩

[@georgiaboxoffice7932]

@@Geneisha You know what they say, "if it ain't broke!

[@Geneisha]

Georgia Box Office “don’t fix it” 😅

[@RobertMcPhalen]

I think it depends on what phase you're at in your career. If you're early in your career you need to focus on training and I personally think LA is the best place for that - it's like "Boot Camp" for actors, then when you're ready to work move to ATL but don't try to take shortcuts to success. DO the work; go to school; work HARD and push yourself in training - then start working.

[@michaelsix9684]

GA esp. Atlanta is getting more expensive, GA has income tax too, so have marketable skills when you come and acting training if you are going into that field

[@madihjorth8164]

I do know that actors go to LA because it’s the home of their film industry! But omg LA is really expensive to live there! I born and raised in Idaho my whole life! I have roommates, we wanted to move to LA one day. We noticed that there are homeless people everywhere. Guess what, homelessness are in EVERY STATE 😂

[@reymachete8878]

Where is a great place to live in Atlanta? For actors

[@michaelsix9684]

check with realtor, lots of youtube videos on living in GA, watch them

[@miladgharegol3057]

If i want come American as an actor los angels better or Atlanta is ? Which one is good?

[@anubhavluitel]

I am from Nepal and want to become an actor in Hollywood movies. What is the scenario that actors like me should expect in Atlanta or LA?

[@RobertMcPhalen]

Doesn't matter where you're from. What matters is where you are. If you're not IN Hollywood you're not going to be a "Hollywood actor".

[@mcarlkv53]

Atlanta- home of the non union background extra work

[@RobertMcPhalen]

LA also has non-union background work. Central Casting has been around since 1925 and was started in Hollywood.

[@michellerosebrown]

Los Angeles.

[@camrtr2701]

Tyler perry studios better than any studio in LA

[@michellerosebrown]

@@camrtr2701 Ok. I'll start in Atlanta.

[@RobertMcPhalen]

@@camrtr2701 Oh really? Even though they only have twelve sound stages and Universal has 30? Universal Studios Hollywood is literally an entire unincorporated city with it's own fire department; police training academy and it's the place that Steven Spielberg calls "Home" (his offices are on the Universal lower lot). But go ahead, take your pick - Tyler Perry or Steven Spielberg. And universal is only one studio out of six MAJOR studios and if you want an Oscar - guess what, you have to come to Hollywood to get it. They don't do Oscar ceremonies in Georgia.

[@Ozzie1st_]

Las Angela's California is bigger than Atlanta Ga so California is better

[@RobertMcPhalen]

There's more studios and acting schools here but more production there. I'd say it depends on what phase of your career you're at - if you're early in your career come to Los Angeles and train then when you're ready to work - move to Georgia. In the old days people would move to New York to train then move to Hollywood to "get famous". Now LA is the best place to train and ATL is the best place to work.

[@mcarlkv53]

This guy says a lot of things but he says nothing