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Roadmap to Stardom: How to Break into Acting in Hollywood

Roadmap to Stardom: How to Break into Acting in Hollywood
By Rif K. Haffar

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True confessions from an honest-to-goodness working actor in Hollywood and tips from showbiz professionals in casting and directing come together in this invaluable resource for movie-star hopefuls looking to break into the industry. Recognizing that the last thing someone from Los Angeles needs is one more impossible-to-navigate roadmap, this handbook is presented like a textbook, complete with a large glossary and an extensive list of online resources. Standing firmly behind his advice, the author includes a diary section in which he gives each tip and tactic a test run and writes candidly about the results.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1076513 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-05
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 340 pages

Editorial Reviews

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"Appropriate for performing arts collections...[or] career guidance material for professional actors."  —Library Journal


"Should be mandatory reading for every young, aspiring actor or actress with hopes of becoming a star."  —Bookviews


"Sometimes funny, always factual, somehow optimistic, lively and thoroughly enjoyable."  —The Daily Breeze


"Non-starry eyed, systematic guide through the terrain of agents, headshots, unions, and actor's training...workmanlike, organized."  —Easy Reader

About the Author

Rif K. Haffar is a first-generation, immigrant-American businessman, traveler, actor, and member of the Screen Actors Guild. He has an educational background in television production and is the author of Away from My Desk: A Round-the-World Detour from the Rat Race, the Tech Wreck, and the Traffic Jam of Life in America. He lives in Los Angeles.

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A Must5
This book is a must for anyone looking to "make it" in the Hollywood industry as a performer.It gives a very thorough inside look at what goes on behind the scenes and helpful information for what is needed when starting out. The fact that the author is writing this as he is trying to start out himself allows you to feel as if you are experiencing it along side him. "Roadmap to Stardom" helps to give a real perspective on what can be expected and I highly recommend it for anyone that is serious about coming to Hollywood.

Read this book before moving to L.A. 5
If you want to arm yourself before plunging into the works here in Los Angeles, you should read this book. No, actually you must. The author details the Hollywood system and gives a touching account of his experience getting gigs in commercials, TV, and film. I had the pleasure of reading the writer's first book and went to this one to see how his humor could entertain me more. It delivers. My friends trying to make it in the business are getting a literary stocking stuffer.

MUST READ for anyone serious about acting in LA!5
This book is full of great information on how to make it in the industry. It is by no means extensive on any one subject, but it gives you a wonderfully helpful overview of what steps you need to take to make it in Hollywood. If anyone asked me what they needed to know about the business, I would tell them they needed to read this book. This is one of the aspiring actors most helpful tools. This and "The Camera Smart Actor" are the two most useful books I've read so far about acting (this being all you need to know about the industry, the "Camera Smart Actor" being all you need to know about a set and the technical aspect of shooting). Acting technique is one thing, but knowing the practical stuff is a horse of a different color, and equally valuable if you hope to become a working actor. I am planning to move to LA next year and I feel like this book has given me an invaluable inside scoop. Not only does Rif Haffar lay it all out for you in a step by step process, but the plan he bases it all on his own experience of trying to make it as an actor.

Anyone who thinks they can go to Hollywood and based on looks or talent alone start making big bucks will have their illusions shattered. Haffar shows that with perseverance after a year he was a SAG member and making enough to live on - but barely (a little under 10,000 - and much of that went to SAG membership, an agent, and headshots). He also shatters the image that many have of Hollywood being a glamorous, mean place. He illustrates that most people in the business are down to earth and how much of a team effort this work is. Overall this is a fabulous book, written simply and with a sense of humor. I would recommend it to anyone!