How to Make It in Hollywood

Name: How to Make It in Hollywood
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ISBN: 9780062732439

ISBN-10: 0062732439

ISBN-13: 9780062732439

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: Linda Buzzell

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Renowned psychotherapist and career counselor Linda Buzzell is the expert in knowing how to create and develop a career in Hollywood. With this book, she shows you how to look at your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses, your special skills, and your talents in order to target your personal goals and maximize your career success. She then explains all the jobs in Hollywood and how to find them, get them, and advance through each stage in your career. How To Make It in Hollywood includes everything you need to know about agents, managers, lawyers, the casting couch, chutzpah, schmoozing, networking, Godfather Calls, rhino skin, Power Rolodexes, handling rejection, constant…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/2/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface: Why Should the Hustlers Have All the Fun?



The Hollywood Game: Is It for You?



The Power Players: Larger-than-Life Personalities



The Right Reasons and the Wrong Reasons for Going into Show Business



Focus: To Know Where You're Going You Have to Know Who You Are!



Producers, Script Doctors, Best Boys, Dolly Grips, and Wranglers: Industry Jobs and What They Require



Target the Niche That's Right for You



Is There a Job for You in the New Media?



Pitching and Hustling: A Way of Life



Targeting Your Buyer: How to Get Access to Public, Private, and Secret Hollywood Information



Building Your Power Rolodex and Hit List



Just Do It! The Action Log, Sales Scale, and Rhino Skin



Don't Be Dull! The Chutzpah Factor



Resumes, Reels, and Showcase Films



Getting a Foot in the Door: Entry-Level Jobs



The Shmooze Factor



Hollywood Agents: The Supershmoozers



Managers, Lawyers, Publicists, and Headhunters: Who Needs 'Em?



Crossover Moves and Midcareer Crises



Don't Be Desperate: Personal Survival Issues



Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot!



What If I'm "Different"?



The Luck Factor: The Opportunity You Prepared For


Talk That Talk! A Glossary of Showbiz Jargon


Resources


Acknowledgments


Index