Steve Carlson's Book The Commercial Actor's Guide Now Available
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 22, 2005
"The Commerical Actor's Guide offers advice honed from Carlson's nearly forty-year career in television and film: a career in which commercials have played a vital role. Whether you are trying to find work between film and TV gigs, make acting in television, industrial, or video ads your sole business, or discover your niche in a crowded acting market, Carlson will prove that commercials can allow you a very comfortable, stable lifestyle in a business known for its instability," state press notes. The book is published by Heinemann Drama.
"The Commercial Actor's Guide addresses the three most important aspects of working in commercials: auditioning—knowing your type, maintaining relationships with the right casting agents and directors, and presenting yourself in person on-camera performance—playing your part, whether you're the pitch person, the straight man or straight woman, or a supporting actor the business of commercials—getting an agent, organizing your show-business life, and finding time for yourself in a hectic industry."
Carlson has been a professional actor in Los Angeles for nearly forty years. His career has run the gamut from films, television, soap operas, announcing, and writing to performing in over 400 commercials He is now retired, and lives in southern Oregon.
While the book has a $15.95 list price, it is available for $10.85 at Amazon.com.
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