Starting Your Career as an Actor

By: Jason Pugatch

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Paperback | 18 October 2012

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This practical and entertaining guide readies the uninitiated actor to navigate the ridiculous, impossible, and often heartbreaking world of the acting industry. This book will expose actors to the ins and outs of the world's (second) oldest profession. Topics include how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of starting a career, how to persevere in the face of rejection, the new digital world for actors, and much more.

Experienced actor and screenwriter Jason Pugatch offers a fresh, hip, and invaluable industry perspective, with sidebar quotations, charts, and timelines, and a quick-reference appendix of the acting trade. Packed with myth-shattering anecdotes and told in a personal tone, Starting Your Career as an Actor is the backstage guide that every aspiring actor must read.

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Film, TV & Radio Television Acting & Theatre Studies Acting Techniques Dance & Other Performing Arts Other Performing Arts Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Advice on Careers & Achieving Success Specific Films

Introduction: Acting Is a Job	p. xv
A Brief History of the Actor: (or How to Respond to the Statement, "I'm Doing a Restoration Comedy, Mom")	p. 1
The Greeks: Fathers of It All	p. 3
Romans and Christians: A Very Brief History	p. 6
The Italians, the French (Women Start Reading Here)	p. 7
The Brits: Renaissance, Shakespeare, Restoration	p. 8
The Nineteenth Century: From Melodrama to Modern Drama	p. 10
From Stanislavski to Brando	p. 12
The Russian Manifesto	p. 12
And the Beat Goes On	p. 14
Brando and the Chicken	p. 16
The Film Age	p. 17
The Lay of the Land, Part One: The Neon Lights May Need Replacing: About the Theater Industry	p. 19
Broadway	p. 21
Off-Broadway	p. 23
AEA Off-Broadway Agreement	p. 24
Off-Off-Broadway	p. 26
The Regional Theatre	p. 27
Lort Salary Scale	p. 27
Major Regional Theaters You Should Know and be Happy to Work At	p. 28
The Touring Landscape	p. 29
The Unions	p. 30
Union Yes!	p. 33
The Balancing Act: Plays, Musicals, and Celebrities	p. 34
The Lay of the Land, Part Two: Hurry Up and Wait: The Film and Television Business for the New York Actor	p. 37
The Barren Television Landscape in New York	p. 39
Soaps (Yes, They Still Exist)	p. 42
AFTRA TV Pay Rates	p. 43
Sketch, Late Night, and Cable	p. 45
Film	p. 46
Low Budget	p. 47
The Windfalls: Commercials and Pilots	p. 49
Residuals	p. 49
Pilot Season	p. 50
To Train or Not to Train	p. 55
Graduate School	p. 58
The Mark of a Trained Actor	p. 59
Training for the Business of Acting	p. 60
The Regional Theater/Graduate School Partnership	p. 62
Civilians Make Good	p. 64
The Top Graduate Programs in the Country	p. 64
The Showcase	p. 66
Other Options	p. 69
Beauty or Beast: Typecasting	p. 71
First Impressions	p. 75
Looks versus Type	p. 76
Skin Deep	p. 77
Some Type Categories and Buzzwords	p. 78
Your Fighting Weight	p. 79
The Ponytail	p. 81
The Best Version of Me	p. 83
One in a Million: Starting Out	p. 85
Tools of the Trade: Pictures and Résumés	p. 88
Reproductions	p. 90
Let's Get Digital	p. 92
Promotion	p. 93
Making Connections	p. 95
Readings	p. 96
Being a Reader	p. 97
Finding a Money Job	p. 98
Some Money Jobs for Actors	p. 99
Get Validated	p. 100
An Actor with Drive	p. 101
These Are the People in My Neighborhood: Agents and Other Necessities	p. 107
Commercial Agents	p. 111
Negotiation?	p. 113
Legit Agents	p. 115
Size Matters	p. 116
The Agent Meeting	p. 120
Be Wary	p. 122
Managers	p. 123
Do You Need a Manager?	p. 124
Actors Agents and Managers: Notes from the Underground	p. 128
Why Nobody Knows Me	p. 128
Marin's Meetings	p. 129
Signing versus Freelancing	p. 132
Too Big for Your Agent	p. 133
The Casting Game	p. 135
Casting for a Day	p. 140
Sample Breakdown	p. 141
Pistol-Packing Actor	p. 149
Setting into the Neighborhood	p. 150
Job Hunting: A Day in the Life of an Actor	p. 153
Job Hunting: A Day in the Life of an Actor
Gruntwork	p. 155
Subscribers	p. 155
The Represented Actor	p. 160
The Commercial Audition	p. 161
Crank It Up	p. 165
Television and Film Auditions	p. 165
The Theater Audition	p. 170
Audition Timetable	p. 171
Theater Auditions	p. 172
A Fun-Filled Acting Day	p. 173
On Set, On Stage: On the Job	p. 179
Working in Episodic Television and Film	p. 181
On Hold	p. 182
Working in Commercials	p. 187
Working in Daytime	p. 189
Working in the Theater	p. 194
Understudying	p. 195
Regional Theater	p. 196
The Rehearsal Process	p. 197
What Does a Producer Do, Anyway?	p. 197
Los Angeles	p. 203
A Matter of Taste	p. 207
Ira Glass on Storytelling	p. 207
Hollywood High	p. 208
L.A. Stories	p. 210
Jon	p. 211
Kat and Me	p. 214
Turkey Dogs and the Economic Realities of Acting	p. 217
Taking a Loss	p. 220
Income: What You'll Make Working in Theater	p. 222
Off-Broadway Minimum Weekly Salary Schedule	p. 225
Earnings	p. 226
Income: What You'll Make Working in Television and Film	p. 228
2010 SAG TV Pay Rates	p. 229
Payment	p. 231
Income: What You'll Make Working in Commercials	p. 233
W-4s	p. 236
Unemployment Benefits	p. 237
Health Insurance	p. 238
A Financial Year in the Life	p. 240
Don't Call Us: Dealing with Rejection	p. 245
The Human Toll	p. 251
Coping	p. 254
One Line Does Count	p. 255
You Can Get Arrested in This Town	p. 256
The Rewards: Charting Your Success	p. 259
Overnight Success	p. 261
Advice	p. 266
A Few Online Resources	p. 271
The Actor's Dictionary	p. 273
Index	p. 281
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