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  • Published: 15 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9781400048625
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99

Act Now!

A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Working Actor



So, you want to be an actor . . . but you have no idea how to get started. In the pages of Act Now!, you’ll find a step-by-step process to show you not only how to get started, but also how to become a working actor. It will take time and commitment, but if you follow these steps you will find success. Author and acting teacher Peter Jazwinski explains every aspect of becoming an actor from start to finish. You’ll learn about:

• Improving Your Acting Skills
• How Actors Get Cast
• Finding Auditions on Your Own
• Working with an Agent or Manager—and What the Difference Is
• The Importance of Networking
• And More!

A frank and encouraging game plan for success, Act Now! will empower those who have the drive to stop dreaming and start making a living—as an actor.

  • Published: 15 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9781400048625
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Peter Jazwinski

Peter Jazwinski attended the University of Texas and while he was there, wrote for and produced a local television show called The Austin Comedy Network. In 1989, he moved to San Diego where he founded the Seven Faces Theater Company and had his first play produced. He then moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and entered the entertainment business as a model and actor, where he appeared briefly in The Mask with Jim Carrey and directed a play called A Night in Natrona. He was the very definition of a "working actor."
Peter then switched his focus, and began to give advice to fellow "working actors." He runs an acting workshop, and writes a newsletter, THE AGENT NEWS, and an ASK PETE column for one of the largest New York-based acting websites, nycasting.com.