How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Gordon Hunt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1995

Informative interviews with Richard Dreyfuss, Hal Prince, Gordon Davidson and others supplement Hunt's expert advice on auditioning for films, television, voice-overs, commercials, musicals, and high-school and college productions.

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"A very thorough and thoughtful handbook for young actors." -- --Los Angeles Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Collins Reference; 2 Sub edition (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062732862
• ISBN-13: 978-0062732866
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent. Clear and right to the point., October 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this book after checking nine more in the bookstore. Despite I have two more in my wish list, this was perfect for me, because I was going to an interview three days later. So I devored the book, specially the interviews with different casting directors, because you learn from first hand. I went to the interview with a handfull of resources, and very confident.
I also recomend "Audition" by Shurtleff, the best of the best. And "Acting is everything", full of resources.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like Holding Someone's Hand on the Way to the Audition, July 14, 2006

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This review is from: How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Great tips for those who want to be working actors. At first I perused this as a library book, but quickly realized how helpful it would be, so I bought it. It's been a few years since I read it all, but I still use advice from its pages (like "have something creative to do after the audition..." or "your audition is not over until you are out the door").

It reminds me of Michael Shurtleff's 'Audition', though Gordon Hunt's book is a bit more contemporary.

62 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest aide for actors/those wanting to enter the industry, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this book simply because Helen Hunt's father wrote it. I want to be an agent, and I found the information provided in this book to be an incredible resource, and something I share with all the actors, and those wanting to break into the industry, that I know!