How to Make a Living As a Working Actor in La

by Michael-John Wolfe

How to Make a Living as a Working Actor in L.A. covers modern techniques for getting and maintaining paying acting work. This book covers everything from non-union background work to landing co-star and guest star roles on television. Michael-John Wolfe (Collateral / Mr. & Mr.Smith / The Shaggy Dog) provides the reader with his industry secrets for earning a steady income while working on film, television and commercial sets. In 2006 Michael-John earned $84,939 in acting earnings alone, proving that even "non-name" actors can make a healthy living doing what they love. In the back of this book you will also find a list of SAG franchised Agents, Casting Director workshops, background casting companies, major studio addresses, soap opera casting offices and websites used by the author to obtain acting work. (These are merely companies and websites that have worked for the author personally, he has no affiliation with any company in this book and it is left to the reader's discretion to decide if this advice is right for you.)

180 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2007