Breaking and Entering: A Manual for the Working Actor: From Auditions to Agents to a Career (Unabridged)

Philip Carlson was the first agent to sign Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, Claire Danes, Idris Elba, Kyra Sedgwick, Adrien Grenier, and Paul Giamatti. He has represented Viola Davis, Kathy Bates, Brian Dennehy, and W.H. Macy among many and gifted others. He shares his practical trade secrets in this extraordinarily comprehensive guide on how to get into show business.

Topics include:

The schools
The business
Showcases
Casting directors
Agents
Auditions
Which coast?
Producers
Staying real
Negotiating 101
Where do I fit?
Movies
TV: Where the real money is (these days)
And more!