Acknowledgments |
Introduction—What This Book Is and Isn’t... |
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Chapter One: Surviving To Succeed |
Chapter Two: Career Acting |
A |
Acting Classes, Actors, Ageism, Agents, Attitude, Auditions, Avoiding Scams |
B |
Background Work, Billing and Credits, Breakdowns, Burn Out |
C |
Casting Directors, Casting Director Workshops, Cold Reading, Commercial Auditioning, Commissions, Consistency, Continuity, Coverage, Crashing auditions |
D |
Demo Reels, Dialects, Directors, Distractions, Down Cycles |
E |
Earthquakes, Energy |
F |
Feedback, Film Auditions, Freelancing |
G |
Getting Cut, Giving Back, Going Up on Lines, Good Stuff |
H |
Headshots, Hitting a Mark, Hype |
I |
Inexperience, Internet–itis, Is It Really Worth It? |
J |
Jaded, Joining SAG |
K |
Keeping the Faith |
L |
Lateness, Looks, Los Angeles—The Living Film Set and Beyond, Los Angeles or New York?, Luck |
M |
Managers, Marketing |
N |
Neighborhoods, Nepotism, Nonunion work, Nudity, Numbers |
O |
On–Set, Overcoming Problem Areas |
P |
Photographers, Pilot Season, Producers, Public Transportation |
Q |
Quiet Acting, Quick Results, Quotes |
R |
Rejection, Residuals, Reviews, Runaway and Disappearing Productions |
S |
Safety, Self–Esteem, Sexual Harassment, Sides, Stars, Studio Lots, Survival Jobs |
T |
Television Auditions, Test Deals, Theatre in Los Angeles, Tracking, Traffic, Turning Down work, Typecasting |
U |
Unemployment |
V |
Victim Mentality, Voice–Over Work |
W |
Waiting Rooms, Watching the Show, Working Out |
X,Y,Z |
X–Rated, You, the Boss of You, Sealots, Zero Auditions |
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Concluding Thoughts |