How do I add skills to my Actors Access profile?

Skills on Actors Access are searchable — casting directors can filter by them — so listing the right ones actually affects your audition flow.

How to add them:

1. Log in and click Dashboard → Resume.
2. Find the Special Skills section and click edit.
3. Type or select from the list. Common categories: languages, accents/dialects, sports, musical instruments, stage combat, dance styles, licenses (driving, firearms, scuba), and everything in between.

The rules that matter:

• Only list skills you can legitimately do on camera today. If you list "horseback riding" and show up unable to mount, that's a burned bridge with the casting office and potentially the production.
• Be specific about languages and accents. "Fluent Spanish" is different from "Conversational Spanish." "Neutral American" is different from "Specific Boston accent."
• Musical instruments should be current. If you played piano in high school, don't list it.
• Driving licenses are searchable. Commercial and stunt driving are genuinely useful differentiators — list them if you have them.

What to leave out:

Generic descriptors like "quick learner," "good memory," or "hard worker." These aren't castable skills and take up space.

Don't pad. A tight, honest skills list is a much better signal than a long, inflated one.