Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting
Professional schools and teachers vary enormously, both in the nature of their offerings and in the quality of their instruction. Some are comprehensive theatre schools; others are devoted to a single teacher's acting system.
Learn how to kick start your acting career by taking the right steps first, learn what to do and what not to do at an audition, and glean a basic understanding of how the industry works.
This book will give new actors a head start on their journeys and remind experienced professionals that, in the acting business, there is never only one answer to any question.
Quotations from professional actors, writers, directors, and others in the field, as well as anecdotes from the authors' own lives, reinforce essential concepts in the book, inspire readers to be proactive, and cultivate a positive mental ...
Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person.
“This book may be just the antidote for an actor who has completely lost faith or given up control over his destiny.” – Backstage West, Los Angeles “If this book is any indication of things to come, we are going to be hearing a lot ...
... and All That featured a young Kenan Thompson, who became a regular on Saturday Night Live. In casting the New Mickey Mouse Club (1988–94) Matt Casella gave Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell, and Justin Timberlake their starts.
This 9th edition speaks to the changed landscape of unions, representation, self-tape auditioning and other best and up to date practices in the industry, ensuring that it's a book that's useful, relevant and accessible to every actor ...
Whether you’re still studying, you’re a newly minted pro, or you’ve been working in the biz for a while, this brand-new edition of Breaking Into Acting For Dummies can help you make all the right choices.