Actor not famous?

I don’t remember practicing acting giving you fame points? It’s more so how well your sim does executing scenes at their gigs that determine whether or not they can get more famous. That and long experience? At least that’s what I think anyway. High skill in acting does help those gigs.

"roflmaoxsarah;c-16847083" wrote:
I don’t remember practicing acting giving you fame points? It’s more so how well your sim does executing scenes at their gigs that determine whether or not they can get more famous. That and long experience? At least that’s what I think anyway. High skill in acting does help those gigs.

I was referring to Level 8 in the acting career. Not the acting skill

When you go to the award ceremony you can click on the door and set the celebrity level lower.. or higher. My sim was a three star celebrity when I sent him. I didn't need to change the level but it was possible to do.

As for the other part .. I haven't played the active acting career yet but the interactions that give fame are pretty boldly labeled. Fame is a result of interacting with the public somehow on your sim or interacting through their work or things that become known. Even reclusive stars have to put themselves out there now and then. That's just the way it is.
You said yourself one of your stars is fame hungry.. so I guess that one is getting ahead because they are working the system?

"Hermitgirl;c-16847250" wrote:
When you go to the award ceremony you can click on the door and set the celebrity level lower.. or higher. My sim was a three star celebrity when I sent him. I didn't need to change the level but it was possible to do.

As for the other part .. I haven't played the active acting career yet but the interactions that give fame are pretty boldly labeled. Fame is a result of interacting with the public somehow on your sim or interacting through their work or things that become known. Even reclusive stars have to put themselves out there now and then. That's just the way it is.
You said yourself one of your stars is fame hungry.. so I guess that one is getting ahead because they are working the system?

That is correct. I'm doing everything possible to for that fame hungry sim to gain points. He's almost at level 3 just being a "YouTuber" using the video production table ALOT. My "Superstar" (non-fame hungry) actor is at level 2 celeb. I started having him do some more things to gain fame but my story is that he just wants to be a serious actor...and not care about the celebrity aspect. His roommate is all about the spotlight. It's been fun to play...so much, in fact, I increased their time span because I've been playing so much the sim days are just going by fast! Needed them to stay young adults a little bit longer.

From what I have seen in the SimGurus' getting famous excel file, promotions won't make your sims more famous (except in Drama Club).
The thing is that gigs don't happen often. Your sim must first go to audition and then if they get the role act the gig. This gives some fame if you got the silver and more if you got the gold. If you want to gain more fame, perform street acting either alone or with random sims for tips. You can do that every day at any time you want. It also helps your sim to keep the fame as sometimes you have two days before the next gig, which may start decreasing your sim's fame.
If your sim isn't allowed to go to awards ceremony, you can either click on the bouncer door and lower the fame level or talk to the bouncer.
If you want to see the excel file, here's SimGuruGraham's tweet that has the link to the file:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/1063520483683889152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.thesims.com%2Fen_US%2Fdiscussion%2F949273%2Fget-famous-simguru-maxis-sourced-info%2Fp9

What I’ve been finding from acting is doing the gigs alone doesn’t quite give you a whole star, and then it starts to decay before your next gig so it’s very tough to get famous from just acting alone. My sim is a two star celebrity at level 5 in acting. I hired a PR agency and hoping I can start seeing more increase in her game with some perks and stuff.

"hmae123;c-16847683" wrote:
What I’ve been finding from acting is doing the gigs alone doesn’t quite give you a whole star, and then it starts to decay before your next gig so it’s very tough to get famous from just acting alone. My sim is a two star celebrity at level 5 in acting. I hired a PR agency and hoping I can start seeing more increase in her game with some perks and stuff.

Yup I just hired a PR agency too so hoping that will help.

Acting scenes in public is fun also. Your reclusive star could go out now and then for a promo and sign a few autographs later.
I'm having some fun with my 3 star celeb with no acting talent doing this in public... It's funny stuff. He carries his upgraded drone everywhere lol. You can have them record you eating or reading.. doesn't matter. I love that it shuts off for bathroom and woohoo privacy though :).

I think this makes sense that you can be a great actor but not very famous. In RL, there are tons of actors that are have given a great performance (great at acting) but not "famous." In order to be famous you have to be in the public eye, not just good at what you do. Just look at the Kardashians - they are famous for being famous.

Fame decays if you don't do fame actions everyday(Usually many depending on how much is gained). My actor sim, level 3, doesn't even have one star yet because the only actions I have him doing that gain him fame are his acting gigs. The time between gigs mean the fame gained at the last gig has almost all decayed, keeping him going up and down.