You’ve got a big audition lined up for a role in a film or on a television series. What do you do now? AUDITION FOR YOUR CAREER, NOT THE JOB covers steps you can take and specific skills you can put to use immediately to feel more confident about your performance in your next audition and make a great and lasting impression on casting directors and producers. If your work is consistently first-rate and memorable, then every on-camera audition is an opportunity to advance your acting career. This book will teach you techniques that improve your ability to read and interpret the sides quickly, helping you to trust your instincts and craft strong, bold, specific acting choices, and setting you up for an active and profitable career.
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"Those who read this book will find that there is much to learn from Tim Phillips. Read it. Digest it. You'll be very well informed and find yourself a better student of the subject at the end."
--Robert Duvall, Academy Award-winning actor, Tender Mercies, Emmy Award-winning actor, Broken Trail, writer, producer, director
"If you want tools that help you take command of your craft under pressure, under duress, under any set of circumstances, whether nurturing or maddening, then read this book. It offers a boot camp for actors that retrains us, redirects us to become hunters for truth in our work."
--Richard Schiff, Emmy Award-winning actor, The West Wing
"An instructive, no nonsense, passionate cry to the actor: Bring your intelligence and humanity to the audition not your desperation."
--Larry Moss, acting coach and director, author of The Intent to Live
"Audition for Your Career has the power to shift your way of being to one that's curious, open to love, intuitively confident, and, ultimately, human. Imagine facing your next audition with a 'Put me in Coach--I've got this!' feeling. That is the gift of this book."
--Kim Hudson, script consultant, author of The Virgin's Promise
"Tim Phillips' style of teaching fosters great respect for the work and for each other."
--Wendie Malick, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Just Shoot Me!
--Robert Duvall, Academy Award-winning actor, Tender Mercies, Emmy Award-winning actor, Broken Trail, writer, producer, director
"If you want tools that help you take command of your craft under pressure, under duress, under any set of circumstances, whether nurturing or maddening, then read this book. It offers a boot camp for actors that retrains us, redirects us to become hunters for truth in our work."
--Richard Schiff, Emmy Award-winning actor, The West Wing
"An instructive, no nonsense, passionate cry to the actor: Bring your intelligence and humanity to the audition not your desperation."
--Larry Moss, acting coach and director, author of The Intent to Live
"Audition for Your Career has the power to shift your way of being to one that's curious, open to love, intuitively confident, and, ultimately, human. Imagine facing your next audition with a 'Put me in Coach--I've got this!' feeling. That is the gift of this book."
--Kim Hudson, script consultant, author of The Virgin's Promise
"Tim Phillips' style of teaching fosters great respect for the work and for each other."
--Wendie Malick, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Just Shoot Me!
From the Author
Perhaps you intend to self-submit a video of yourself doing an audition for a role you saw posted online. This happens more and more often these days. You are taking control of your destiny as an artist.
In any case, the "sides" either arrive or you download them. Now you've got a few pages of script in hand along with a short description of the character and the scene: a name, a place, and a few other pertinent facts. It's time to put your training and talent and energy to good use. Your task is to transform those words on the page into a memorable living and breathing human being.
What's the first thought that goes through your mind? Is it negative or positive?
"Boy, I really want to book this one. I could use the money from this job."
"I wonder who I'm up against. I hope they like me. I thought my last audition was solid; but I never heard anything... I don't want that to happen again."
"Wahoo! It's playtime. I can't wait! Who do I get to be?"
"Let's get down to business."
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I have had the pleasure of working with Tim Phillips in LA and he is simply amazing. I'm not into guru teachers, or hype. Tim is simply the real deal and this book is just an extension of his craft and talent as an amazing teacher, coach and human being. Wish Hollywood had more like him.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I have read this book cover to cover & have had the pleasure of working with Tim Phillips for the last 3 years. In that timeframe I have booked no less than 22 feature films, Recurring roles on 3 TV shows & Guest starred on 10 other TV shows. Page by page Tim will save you Years of pain, heartache & lost opportunities and that feeling I Used to have for years...that I was a much better actor than I had auditioned. Or that my readings were much better at home or in the car, but Not in the room. Those days are OVER! Step by Step Tim will take you through his Sherlock Holmesing the material, which will allow you to never look at a script the same way ever again. Then he will guide you to a Human, Personal and Powerful audition each & every time...IF and Only IF you read, re read put it his methods into practice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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19 years ago I was a dyslexic actor who garnered great theater reviews and was rockin' scenes in Wynn Handman's class, YET I couldn't get a single callback for televsion or film..not even one callback! I felt cursed. Luckily my then-agent, a brash Jersey broad, told me to study auditioning with a guy named Tim Phillips, and to let her know when I felt ready to audtion, because she would not be submitting me for anything until that time; what's more, she agreed not to drop me as a client till that time. Well, 6 months later I told her I felt ready to audition and compete for jobs in television and film...3 months later Law & Order combined 3 small parts into a meaty guest star role (along side Sam Rockwell), then Mike Nichols cast me in 3 scenes opposite Jack Nicholson, and I landed a lead in indie-feature, Federal Hill- all within 60 days! In short, my life completely changed, in fact, utilizing Tim's techniques, all I needed was 10 minutes to prepare. Even more, I found then, and I find now- that once you are on a set doing the actual part, all you ever need is the work that Tim teaches. To satisfy all the details (of his technique) gives you the performance. But again, acting is a sport, so it's best to stay sharp by sticking with Tim's work!
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A friend Gave me this book as a gift and reading it launched me to a path that I have always leaned towards.
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Published 14 days ago by Richard Malmed
Required Reading for ALL Professional Actors!
There'a huge difference between trained actors and professional actors - professional actors book jobs! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Super Girl
Invaluable
The tools provided by Tim Phillips in his book, "Audition for Your Career, Not the Job," are designed to help actors craft compelling auditions quickly and thoroughly. Read more
Published 2 months ago by V. Dunkelberg
Exceptional Book on Acting
I studied with Tim for many years, and this book not only captures his technique in a concise and practical way, but manages to convey his talent for specificity. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Trevor Davis
The New Classic on Auditioning!
Things have changed so much in the acting world in recent years -- and Tim Phillips' book reads like the must-have for right now! Read more
Published 4 months ago by marymcdowell
This book ends the mystery.
Auditions are simply too precious for an actor to leave to chance. Tim Phillip's book will give you skills to walk into any audition with confidence. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jeanine Orci
Tim Phillips is amazing, and so is this book!
I've known Tim Phillips for at least 15 years, and I took class with him here in New York. Aside from having a great time in class, my call back rate increased tremendously. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gerrit Vooren
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