Breaking and Entering: A Manual for the Working Actor: From Auditions to Agents to a Career - Softcover

Carlson, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1623160782 ISBN 13: 9781623160784

Publisher: Opus Books, 2016

Synopsis

Philip Carlson was the first agent to sign Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, Claire Danes, Idris Elba, Kyra Sedgwick, Adrien Grenier and Paul Giamatti. He has represented Viola Davis, Kathy Bates, Brian Dennehy, and W.H. Macy among many and gifted others. He shares his practical trade secrets in this extraordinarily comprehensive guide on how to get into show business. Topics include: The Schools · The Business · Showcases · Casting Directors · Agents · Auditions · Which Coast? · Producers · Staying Real · Negotiating 101 · Where Do I Fit? · Movies · TV: Where the Real Money Is (These Days) · and more!
His clients rave:
“He saw more in me than I saw in myself.” – Kyra Sedgwick
“A great and resonant canyon of thanks to Philip Carlson for his invaluable work with a generation of young talent – including me.” – Billy Crudup
“Philip Carlson is one of the wisest people on the subject of building a career that will last. Luck didn't have him representing New York's top character actors; wisdom, intelligence, patience and loyalty did. He was, and is, as good as it gets.” – Tim Blake Nelson
“Philip Carlson was my 'Guide in shining armor!' Smart, honest and hardworking, this book is his thinking and experience on a shelf.” – Idris Elba
“I was so fortunate to have found Philip when I did. I can't imagine a better introduction to the world of acting and the business of getting there.” – Liev Schreiber

About this title

About the Author

After making his living as a working actor, Phillip Carlson turned for the next thirty-two years to the art of discovering and representing young talent for the stage and screen. He created the legit department at Curtis Brown, and he teaches The Business of Showbusiness at the Atlantic Theatre Company. He lives in Manhattan.

Review

"BREAKING AND ENTERING is a great theater seminar, giving the inside dope on auditions on both coasts, cold readings, packaging oneself, talent agencies, and unions. Carlson s refreshing, informative look into American theater, film, and TV offers major lessons about acting, career decisions, and the cutthroat business of entertainment." --Publishers Weekly

Edition details

• Publisher: Opus Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1623160782
• ISBN 13: 9781623160784
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368