num_pages: 225
description: How to cope with the realities of life as an actor—if you don’t laugh, you'll cry • In-depth interviews with actors, agents, casting directors. In this hip, warts-and-all look at acting, author Jason Pugatch shares his insights as a working "day player" to give an unvarnished look at theater, film, and television: how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of starting a career, how to keep going despite constant rejection, and much more. Packed with myth-shattering anecdotes and told in an intriguing personal tone, Acting Is a Job is the backstage guide that every aspiring actor must read.
language: English
title: Acting Is a Job: Real Life Lessons about the Acting Business
titlecomplete: Acting Is a Job: Real Life Lessons about the Acting Business
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Allworth