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Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
For beginners or polished pros. Actors need representation: they need managers to help guide them through the process of becoming working actors. Or do they? Self-Management for Actors guides actors through the process of taking control of the business side of their careers. There is no secret method, no password entry system to the Working Actor's Club. What does exist is...more
Paperback, 326 pages
Published
March 1st 2006
by Cricket Feet Publishing
(first published 2006)
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I don't want to be unfair to this book. If I'd read it five years ago, when I first arrived in LA, I think it would have been tremendously useful! If you are relatively new to the business, I would certainly recommend it. Where I am now, there wasn't much in this book that I haven't already come across on my own or learned about from other sources. (Dallas Travers's The Tao of Show Business - read it!)
I do definitely recommend checking out Bonnie's blog; the archives are ludicrously huge and pac...more
I do definitely recommend checking out Bonnie's blog; the archives are ludicrously huge and pac...more
Bonnie is easily one of the nicest people in the business. She works non-stop, and encourages others to do the same. She really seems to have everyone's best interest at heart, and gives you the tools to push forward in your career with virtually no fear.
Great resource for newer actors or people who need to some hints on how to market themselves and manage their own careers as an actor.
Excellent book! For me, I don't see this as a cover-to-cover read, although the first several chapters should probably be read in order. After a certain point, though, I feel the rest of the material is best absorbed on an as-needed basis, and that's how I treated it after reading the first third or so. Because of that, I admittedly didn't finish reading the entire book, but I did go through all the chapters that I felt were relevant to me at this time, and I plan on reviewing the rest when the...more
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All actors should read.
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