How to Make It in Hollywood

by Buzzell, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780062732439
• ISBN10: 0062732439
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-30
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

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 unemployment, and keeping yourself on the track to your dreams when real life keeps telling you to give it all up and move back to Cincinnati!

Author Biography

Linda Buzzell teaches at the American Film Institute.

Table of Contents

Preface: Why Should the Hustlers Have All the Fun?
The Hollywood Game: Is It for You?	p. 3
The Power Players: Larger-than-Life Personalities	p. 18
The Right Reasons and the Wrong Reasons for Going into Show Business	p. 26
Focus: To Know Where You're Going You Have to Know Who You Are!	p. 35
Producers, Script Doctors, Best Boys, Dolly Grips, and Wranglers: Industry Jobs and What They Require	p. 61
Target the Niche That's Right for You	p. 97
Is There a Job for You in the New Media?	p. 108
Pitching and Hustling: A Way of Life	p. 129
Targeting Your Buyer: How to Get Access to Public, Private, and Secret Hollywood Information	p. 145
Building Your Power Rolodex and Hit List	p. 157
Just Do It! The Action Log, Sales Scale, and Rhino Skin	p. 169
Don't Be Dull! The Chutzpah Factor	p. 192
Resumes, Reels, and Showcase Films	p. 204
Getting a Foot in the Door: Entry-Level Jobs	p. 222
The Shmooze Factor	p. 236
Hollywood Agents: The Supershmoozers	p. 258
Managers, Lawyers, Publicists, and Headhunters: Who Needs 'Em?	p. 279
Crossover Moves and Midcareer Crises	p. 289
Don't Be Desperate: Personal Survival Issues	p. 303
Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot!	p. 313
What If I'm "Different"?	p. 329
The Luck Factor: The Opportunity You Prepared For	p. 343
Talk That Talk! A Glossary of Showbiz Jargon	p. 347
Resources	p. 359
Acknowledgments	p. 389
Index	p. 393
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