An Actor's Guide: Your First Year in Hollywood

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An actor's guide to launching a career in Hollywood, featuring advice and interviews from industry insiders. For every actor beginning a career in Hollywood, this indispensable guide will lay out a clear and comprehensible path with tried-and-true advice. Up-to-date resources and new interviews with recently established actors experiencing the current movieland scene—as well as the timeless voices of established actors and industry pros—make this a rich compendium of Hollywood know-how. Delve into the industry with the support from An Actor's Guide: Your First Year in Hollywood and discover with confidence how to:Find work through a variety of sourcesDeliver stunning auditionsJoin SAG-AFTRAGet a great headshot and put together a stunning resumeBuild your credentials and gain exposureHone your craft with professional training and classesSnag a top-notch agentUtilize the power of social media From settling into Los Angeles and sticking to a tight budget, to adventures in reality TV and landing the breakthrough parts you came to Hollywood for, any actor eager to learn will get his or her fair share of insider knowledge with this manual and will discover how to create a positive experience while launching an exciting career. Praise for An Actor's Guide: Your First Year in Hollywood "A remarkable hybrid of time-tested tips as well as great new information and strategies for any actor looking to break into Hollywood—straight from the people who know." —Jacob Coakley, editor, Stage Directions "Encouraging but mostly realistic. Helpful to those who will not be dissuaded from moving to the coast in search of glamour." —Library Journal "Packed full of great advice and enlightening interviews, this book tells you exactly what to do, who to contact, and where to go to successfully begin a Hollywood acting career." —Eric Morris, acting coach, author of No Acting Please; Irreverent Acting; and Acting, Imaging, and the Unconscious