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Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business |
Author: Bonnie Gillespie
Published: 2008-11-11 |
List price: $29.95
Our price: $19.77
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As of: November 23rd, 2008 02:18:50 PM
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 Highly overrated book
All of the reviews that have posted have given this book 5 stars. However, most of them do not provide any details as to why. In this review, I will detail why the opposite should be true, that this book deserves 1 star.
The main argument for the book is that it is useful. I beg to differ. I was part of an acting program at my university and a graduate program. I am now part of Actors Equity. Any thing of importance in the book, such as the sections on training(chapter 7), union memberships (chapter 11), headshots (chapter 13), and monologues (chapter 16) to name a few, any actor has gone over many times if they've taken a serious acting course.
Then the book is full of chapters that I would categorize as unimportant, which are almost all of the chapters in part 6. I don't think I can list excerpts in this review due to copyright and to keep this review from getting to long, so I'll recommend getting a hard copy and you'll see what I mean.
So this book could deserve more stars for anyone who has never acted and wanted to start, but definitely not 5 stars, because it just isn't for a serious actor. This book just didn't provide the additional insight I was looking for as a trained actor, so it deserving receives 1 star from me.
 THANK YOU!!!!
It's simple: this is BY FAR the most constructive, step-by-step, easy to apply, and effective book I've read in regards to ACTUALLY WORKING as an actor. Bonnie has an ingeniously funny, yet professional, way of phrasing her sagacious advice for us. Thank you for putting it all into one little bound piece of gold!
You NEED this book
If you are an actor, regardless of how many other 'how to' books you've got on your book shelf, this is a book that you NEED. It's well written, to the point, and Bonnie "gets" it. Follow Bonnie's tried and true advice, and you'll "get it", too! Bonnie's writing is upbeat, positive, supportive, and clever. Invest in this book ~ it's sure to become one of your favorites.
Thank you Bonnie!
Being the parent of a young actor, this book is a priceless addition to my library. I can not say enough good things! If you are an actor, and if you only buy one book this year, make it this one!
Best acting book EVER!!
This book literally changed my approach to my acting career. It is so chock full of great advice and insider information that you would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't read it right now!
Self-Management is THE BEST book out there teaching you step-by-step the ins and outs of selling yourself as an actor. Bonnie Gillespie makes Hollywood (and other markets) accessible for not only newbie actors, but for veterans of the industry as well.
READ THIS BOOK, you can thank me (and Bonnie) later!
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