Backstage Guide to Casting Directors: Who They Are, How They Work, What They Look for in Actors

by Hettie Lynne Hurtes

In updated profiles, the most influential American casting directors reveal their methods of selecting actors for stage, screen, TV, and commercial jobs. This close look at how actors are chosen is an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823088065
• ISBN13: 9780823088065
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Back Stage Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 12

Customer Reviews

Do Your Homework

Actors, take some time to read this book before setting out on your next audition. As one of my old drama professors used to say, it might give you a jolt of "Theatrical Realities" -- and since that old professor was Harold Lang, star of "Pal Joey" and "Kiss Me, Kate," He knew how hard those realities could be. It all boils down to, "What do THEY want?"