Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business
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Book Description
• How to cope with the realities of life as an actor-if you don't laugh, you'll cry
• In-depth interviews with actors, agents, casting directors
In this hip, warts-and-all look at acting, author Jason Pugatch shares his insights as a working "day player" to five an unvarnished look at the theater, film, and television: how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of starting a career, how to keep going despite constant rejection, and much more. Packed with myth-shattering anecdotes and told in an intriguing personal tone Acting Is a Job is the backstage guide that every aspiring actor must read.
About the Author
Jason Pugatch has appeared on Law & Order and Guiding Light, as well as commercials and off-Broadway productions. A short-story writer and a contributor to the London Review of Books, he lives in New York City.
Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business,Jason Pugatch,Allworth Press,1581154380,Acting,Acting & Auditioning,Career Planning (General),Careers - General,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Vocational guidance
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