This celebrated survival guide for actors is still considered "the Bible of the Biz" -- the most comprehensive book on the business of acting, informed by an inside view of how casting decisions are actually made -- and it has now been updated and expanded to cover new on-line ways actors can promote their picture, resume and video clips; interviewing and auditioning tips for the new crop of young actors; enhancing one's image; and finding jobs in emerging markets. Of course, the book still draws from dozens of industry professionals for authoritative advice on financial survival, networking, meeting agents and casting directors, the performing unions, selecting a wardrobe, studying a role -- all the essential information actors have steadily relied on since 1987.
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Mari Lyn Henry is a partner at Henry Downey Talent Management LLC and is nationally known for her workshops on audition techniques, cold reading skills, script analysis, and marketing strategies.
Lynne Rogers' extensive career on stage, in film, and on television includes a leading role on Guiding Light. She has been the voice for many nationally advertised products, and her other books include The Love of Their Lives, a behind-the-scenes look at the soap opera industry. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Lynne Rogers' extensive career on stage, in film, and on television includes a leading role on Guiding Light. She has been the voice for many nationally advertised products, and her other books include The Love of Their Lives, a behind-the-scenes look at the soap opera industry. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The book has it all. How to get an agent. Examples of Resumes, headshots, and audition scenes. Simply put it lives up to its title.
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This is my personal acting bible! It includes everything you need to know about the acting biz! From a price list of everything you will need to move to N.Y or L.A, to creating your resume! This book deserves 5 million stars!
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Look no further. This is the book that tells it like it is. You can spare yourself years of needless mistakes by taking the advice in this book to heart. Take it from two of the industry's top professionals...the important information every actor needs to succeed. This book could mean the difference between pounding the pavement and signing the contract!
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The best thing to have is wealthy or powerful or famous parents who are willing to support you in your chosen career. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
performers with disabilities, audition scene, disabled actors, film audition, audition material, casting people, casting director, episodic series Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, Back Stage, One Life, Soap Opera Digest Online, All My Children, Screen Actors Guild, Jacklyn Zeman, Equity Association, United States, Breakdown Services, Credit Union, General Hospital, Ross Reports, Tony Award, Guiding Light, Fifi Oscard, Helen Hayes, Walden Theater, Work Program, Actors Co-op, Hoebermann Studio, Joe Mantegna, New Jersey, San Francisco New!
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- Power of Glamour by Annette Tapert on page 129, and Back Matter
- Children of a Lesser God. by Mark Medoff on page 196, and page 293
- Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen on page 250, and Back Matter
- Citizen Kane (Screenplay) by Orson Welles on page 178, and Back Matter
- A Christmas Carol by Martha B. King on page 232
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