An Actor's Guide--Your First Year in Hollywood (Third Edition)

Detailed advice from Hollywood's top industry pros gives extra tips, and an up-to-the-minute appendix makes contacting agents, studios, soap operas, and game shows a breeze.

An Actor's Guide—Your First Year in Hollywood should be required reading for any young actor headed to La-La Land with a dream in his heart and a shine on his shoes. Sure, it's a great guide to auditioning, getting a SAG card, finding an agent, landing parts, gaining exposure, and creating publicity—but it’s also packed with real-world advice from a fellow actor. Getting to know Los Angeles, finding a place to live and a job to pay the bills. An Actor’s Guide presents the whole picture, for career and for daily life. Remember to thank us when you’re a big star!