Acting as a Business (Paperback: Revised; Updated: 256 pages)

With "Acting as a Business," Brian O'Neil changed the way actors viewed their field and their careers by providing them with clear-cut guidelines on how to approach acting as a business. Any number of books preached persistence, but O'Neil was the first writer who actually told actors how to be persistent. The book is such a vital resource that it won a spot on "Entertainment Weekly"'s exclusive list of Industry Bibles.

Now in this third edition, O'Neil updates his indispensable resource to keep up with the latest show-business trends and help you put control of your acting career where it belongs: in your own hands.You won't just read "Acting As a Business," Third Edition, youll dog ear, underline, and bookmark it as you discover: a how-to guide to writing your theatrical resume - for both the East-Coast and the West-Coast actorspecific examples of cover letters and other important correspondencepractical ways to join the performer's unionstactics for getting an agent and finding out casting information well in advancetips on preparing for and answering the questions most often asked by agents in an interview - and what you should ask themtechniques for auditioning in an agent's officethe dos and don'ts of effective interview follow-upstrategies for finding work in the theater, on soap operas, and in independent filmsa chart for recording which casting directors know your workan effective approach to interviewing aprospective personal managera discussion of the "League" schoolsthe best ways to make use of the internet.