ACTING: Make It Your Business

How To Avoid Mistakes & Achieve Success as a Working Actor – 2nd Edition

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ACTING: Make It Your Business provides actors with invaluable tools to build a successful, long-lasting, acting career. For all actors, the new and expanded, updated edition puts directly into the actor’s hands the power to land jobs in any medium: Film, Television, Theater, and the Internet.

Over 400 pages covering: marketing, audition strategies, career & life stragtegies, plus tips from well-known stars, powerful talent agents, managers and casting directors.

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Industry PRAISE:

“Humorous and witty… Actors everywhere who are trying to succeed in the business, young or old, on stage or on camera, in New York or anywhere in the world, take note: This is your roadmap!”

— BERNARD TELSEY, casting director
(Mary Poppins Returns, This Is Us, Hamilton)

“All the right questions asked and answered and with a generous portion of good humor.”

— SUZANNE RYAN, casting director
(Law & Order)

“Entertaining, insightful, well-written. Paul Russell has a keen eye, razor-sharp insight and a big heart. I urge all actors young and old to read this book!

— MARCIA MILGROM DODGE, director
(Ragtime B’way), playwright, teacher

“Paul’s book made me proud to be a part of this community we call ‘show’.”

—KAREN ZIEMBA, actress
Tony & Drama Desk award-winner

“I love this book! Paul’s book tells you what you don’t want to hear but you really need to know. Every actor should read this book!”

—DIANE RILEY, talent agency partner
Harden Curtis Kisten Riley & Associates

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Of the many Amazon.com readership reviews:

An Actor’s Dream

I am an actor who has spent 20 years in the industry. I am still working even at my “ripe old age,” and consider myself fairly savvy when it comes to the business. I am naturally wary of “DIY Acting Career” books because usually it’s just a rehashing of what we’ve been told for ages (or worse, completely cult-like, ridiculous advice from a self-appointed guru). This book is different. Paul Russell is the real McCoy, and his advice has made a dramatic (pardon the pun) impact on my career.Paul’s natural respect for actors and our craft shines through, especially when he’s being extremely frank (and at times harsh) about the mistakes we make in the name of getting a job. Paul raises the bar and treats us like the professionals we either are or should be, and it behooves us all to treat ourselves and our careers with the same level of scrutiny and respect. I feel better prepared now to present myself with poise, pride and confidence than at any other time in my career.You’ve always wanted to be a fly on the wall listening to the discussions of agents, directors and casting directors – you’ll get that here, and it’s not always pretty, but it will teach you more about the industry and about the business of acting than any other book on the market. The most important thing this book can teach you is how to be a competitive PROFESSIONAL, rather than a thick-headed amateur.

If you’re an actor, no matter the level of your career, I HIGHLY recommend buying this book.”

Nicole Poole
actress

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