Minding the Edge: Strategies for a Fulfilling, Successful Career as an Actor
"Great approach. It begins with a personal look at the reasons for devoting one's life to an extremely crowded field where the day-to-day work is seeking the opportunity to act, followed by very practical ideas for how to proceed in a career where you are the CEO of the business of being a paid actor. Excellent workbook for any artist seeking long-term success." --Sheriden Thomas, Tufts University"Minding the Edgeoffers not just helpful career advice on how to approach the difficult venture of becoming a successful actor in today's entertainment industry, but also offers an overall mindset and philosophy needed to successfully approach the entertainment industry from an actor's standpoint. This actor's how-to guide doesn't focus so much on audition techniques and acting strategies, but more so on how to handle the life of an actor while off-screen, or off-stage; it offers advice on what the right balanced outlook should be while approaching acting as both a craft and a business." --Erik Seastrand, WME Talent and Literary Agency"Extremely insightful, practical, and useful for the serious actor in training. I will highly recommend the book as an important resource." --Julio Matos, City College of New York"Minding the Edgeoffers not just helpful career advice on how to approach the difficult venture of becoming a successful actor in today's entertainment industry, but also offers an overall mindset and philosophy needed to successfully approach the entertainment industry from an actor's standpoint. This actor's how-to guide doesn't focus so much on audition techniques and acting strategies, but more so on how to handle the life of an actor while off-screen, or off-stage; it offers advice on what the right balanced outlook should be while approaching acting as both a craft and a business." --Erik Seastrand, WME Talent and Literary Agency"Extremely insightful, practical, and useful for the serious actor in training. I will highly recommend the book as an important resource." --Julio Matos, City College of New York