How to Sell Yourself as an Actor, 7th Edition - Paperback

by K. Callan (Author)

How to Sell Yourself as an Actor is the only guide to the ins and outs of the acting business that's actually written by a working actor. This popular book, now in its seventh edition, addresses the age-old question of how to merchandise your craft after you have learned it, and has become required reading for beginning actors as well as trained veterans, whether they live in big cities or small towns. Here you'll find vital, down-to-earth info on how to make yourself more salable to casting people, agents, producers, and directors; how to take control of your own career with courage and vision; and how to maintain your humor and your sanity in a business that seems to lack both; as well as thoughts about showbiz internships, having a manager, internet job resources, auditioning, unions, and much, much more.

Author Biography

K Callan has been acting professionally and steadily for television, the stage, and the movies for sixty years. Among her myriad TV credits are All in the Family, Barney Miller, Rhoda, Newhart, St. Elsewhere, Dallas, Coach, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Diagnosis Murder, Chicago Hope, King of the Hill, The Division, Carnivàle, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives, ER, Meet the Browns, How I Met Your Mother, Veep, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Her film credits include Joe, A Touch of Class, The Onion Field, American Gigolo, Frankie and Johnny, Nine Lives, 88 Minutes, Why Did I Get Married?, and Knives Out.