ABSTRACT

In ACTING: Make It Your Business, Second Edition, award-winning casting director Paul Russell puts the power to land jobs and thrive in any medium—stage, film, television, or the Internet—directly into the hands of the actor.

This blunt and practical guide offers a wealth of advice on auditioning, marketing, and networking, combining traditional techniques with those best suited for the digital age. Well-known actors and powerful agents and managers make cameos throughout, offering newcomers and working professionals alike a clear-eyed, uncensored perspective on survival and advancement within the entertainment industry. This second edition has been updated and expanded to include the following:

    • More stars of screen and stage sharing acting career strategies
    • Digital audition techniques for screen and stage, including how best to self-tape
    • New tools to master modern marketing, both digital and traditional with innovation
    • Expanded actor resource listings
    • Additional bicoastal talent agents and managers spilling secrets for obtaining representation, and tips for successful actor-to-representation partnerships
    • New insights on audition techniques

An excellent resource for career actors, beginning and amateur actors, as well as students in Acting I and II, Auditions, and Business of Acting courses, ACTING: Make It Your Business provides readers with invaluable tools to build a successful, long-lasting acting career.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

Cows and Greasepaint —A Journey Begins

chapter Chapter 1|43 pages

Working Actors Speak Out

Candor and the Business

chapter Chapter 2|28 pages

Being an Actor

A Tough Love

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Training for the Actor

Tend Your Dreams

chapter Chapter 4|40 pages

The Picture and Résumé

An Actor’s Business Card

chapter Chapter 5|35 pages

Cover Letters and E-mail

Covering Your Assets

chapter Chapter 6|40 pages

Actor Marketing

Set Yourself Apart From the Crowd

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

Auditions Actors Encounter

Are Your Auditions Safe?

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

Audition Preparation

Be First, First

chapter Chapter 9|40 pages

Audition Strategies

Leaving a Lasting Impression

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

Negotiating the Contract

Get It on Paper

chapter Chapter 11|9 pages

Rejection

“Thanks for coming in …”

chapter Chapter 12|31 pages

Agents and Managers

An Introduction

chapter Chapter 13|25 pages

Agents and Managers

Finding One

chapter Chapter 14|21 pages

Agents and Managers

Keeping One

chapter Chapter 15|9 pages

Exit Lines

Parting Advice