How to act & eat at the same time, the sequel : the do's and don'ts of landing a professional acting job / a book by Tom Logan ; with a foreword by Marc Hirschfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting--Vocational guidance.

Acting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

"This essential update to the classic book from the ultimate insider, Tom Logan, contains everything you need to know about the profession of acting from both sides of the camera. Previously a highly successful working actor, Tom Logan brings that experience to this updated and expanded edition of How to Act & Eat at the Same Time, the Sequel, but through the unique lens of now being an extremely successful working TV, film, and commercial director, writer, and producer. You'll learn that ultimately, success in an audition has absolutely nothing to do with acting. Rather, it's having the essential audition skills--which you won't find in a "how to" audition book. That's what you'll learn from a master who has spent a career in and around the universe of auditions and the casting process. All sixteen chapters have been brought up-to-date, making this book a must read for today's aspiring and working actors. And all of the appendices containing the essential practical information an actor needs in his toolbox has been updated too - resource websites; SAG, AFTRA, and Equity locations; rules and requirements for joining SAG, AEA, and Equity; plus, an updated glossary."--Amazon.ca.

Contents:

1. Don't apologize

2. Don't beg

3. Don't hang around the audition so we can tell you how good or bad you were

4. Don't ask us what we're looking for

5. Don't put down another actor in an audition

6. Don't audition in clothes that would embarrass the family doctor

7. Don't come into the audition playing the part

8. Don't get too nervous

9. Do get professional photos

10. Do compose a good resume

11. Do obtain the best agent possible

12. Do come prepared for your meeting with an agent

13. Do have the best possible working relationship with your agent

14. Do understand the casting process

15. Do pursue acting in commercials

16. That's a wrap.

ISBN:

979-88-8182-263-7

1-5381-3773-9

OCLC:

1528555016