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get into the acting profession is one of the toughest decisions
a person will ever make. Advice from the professionals is priceless.
The following acting books will help you along your path:
Surviving Hollywood: Your Ticket to Success, by Jerry Rannow
For actors pursuing an acting career, this book is a priceless
reference. Filled with dozens of personal anecdotes, musings, and
warnings of the writers, producers, actors, and directors who have
been there, this volume provides all the real-life tools you need
for protecting your personal well-being in an unstable and sometimes
unscrupulous industry. Readers will discover sage advice for keeping
their spirits up, despite constant rejection; weathering long periods
of unemployment; maintaining a stable marriage and family life in
an unstable business; participating in the social scene in a healthy
manner; keeping the faith in the midst of lies and deceit; and much
more. Special sections address such topics as the dangers child
actors face and how to deal with egomaniacs without becoming one.
Add this book to your shelf today and you’ll find it becomes
a constant companion.
Movement for Actors, Edited by Nicole Potter
This compilation of essays is ranked among the best acting books
available. This collection of essays explains not only particular
disciplines and why the skills involved are valuable to performers,
but also provides ready-to-use exercises and approaches for actors.
Experts in a wide array of performance fields provide remarkable
insight into the Alexander technique, the use of psychological gesture,
period movement, the work of Rudolph Laben, postmodern choreography,
and Suzuki training, to name but a few. Those who want to pursue
serious training will be able to consult the appendix for listings
of the best teachers and schools across the country. The collected
works in this volume will become one of your most treasured acting
books.
An Actor's Guide--Making It in New York City
This acting book is a must have for any actor planning to make
it in the New York City acting scene. Aspiring and established professionals
will find this thorough and up-to-the-minute volume full of advice
about auditioning, making professional connections, promoting one's
self, seeking opportunities in nontraditional venues, finding an
apartment, securing "survival jobs," understanding actor
unions, getting headshots, and furthering one's actor training in
New York. This guide also details working as a film extra, careers
in print modeling, scams and rip-offs to avoid, opportunities for
actors with disabilities, and using the Internet to the fullest
advantage. Included are in-depth interviews with legendary show
business figures such as actor Henry Winkler, casting director Juliet
Taylor, and theater director Joseph Chaikin as well top talents
from the fields of film, television, stage, commercials, and talent
agencies. Written by a professional New York actor with over thirty
years of experience, this meticulously researched guide will give
actors the tools they need to survive and thrive in New York show
business.
Casting Directors' Secrets: Inside Tips for Successful
Auditions, by Ginger Howard
This acting book will prove an excellent guide to any aspiring
actor. The author's multi-faceted career has put her on both sides
of the audition scene: at times as an actor seeking work; other
times as a casting director doing the hiring. Readers reap the benefits
of this dual experience and the knowledge of scores of her fellow
casting directors about how to make or break a fabulous audition,
taking direction, doing monologues, reading with others, pulling
off love scenes, and handling comedy scenes versus drama. If you
are on the search for a great acti
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