One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival Guide By Markus Flanagan

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An invaluable reference for anyone who is a working actor or wants to be Learn how to make it in the day to day business of acting and stay sane and focused while attempting to merge art and commerce This book covers everything the author wishes someone had told him about how casting decisions are made what rejection really means how to behave on a set the two factors the business is built on and much Markus Flanagan offers encouraging highly useful pointers on such vital matters How do you combat getting typed Understanding the people you are auditioning for Bad habits to avoid in the audition waiting room The two deadliest questions you may be asked before starting your reading What are they looking for in the call back One Less Bitter Actor offers sage pragmatic anxiety calming advice on how to succeed in acting from one who has One Less Bitter Actor The Actor s Survival GuideFor the past several years I ve been recommending Markus Flanagan s One Less Bitter Actor to every actor who asks me for advice about the business about pursuing the life of a professional actor The book really is THAT good. One Less Bitter actorjr Let me quote myself from a Review I wrote of One Less Bitter Actor for a blog post from 2008 Just the chapter on Auditioning is than enough reason to purchase ONE LESS BITTER ACTOR How I wish I d had this book thirty years ago I had no mentor no acting guru and no relative in the business The information and insight in this one chapter could have saved me a lot of angst anger and agony along the way And it is a book that every actor particularly every actor at the beginning of his her career should read and should keep handy for review during the tough times: One Less Bitter actorfiction Read and listen to my audio only interview with actor writer Markus Flanagan here Markus Flanagan