Its All Your Fault: How to Make It as a Hollywood Assistant
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Fireside Books
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
Description:
A position as an assistant to a producer, agent, director, or star offers the most complete look at Hollywood -- and a rapid-fire education on how things really work. With an eye toward moving up the ranks, the assistant must survive "bootcamp", learning the inside track to success while avoiding the landmines. Now two young veterans of the Hollywood system reveal the secrets of success they don't teach in film school, delivering a behind-the-scenes look at the lifestyles of the overqualified and underpaid. For example:
-- Working the phones: mastering who's who -- and who isn't; 250 ways to say "leave a message".
-- What you can expect from the most demonic bosses. One producer demands that the City of Los Angeles change traffic signals to streamline his commute.
-- How to parlay the lowest job into a successful Hollywood career, quickly and painlessly.
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-- Working the phones: mastering who's who -- and who isn't; 250 ways to say "leave a message".
-- What you can expect from the most demonic bosses. One producer demands that the City of Los Angeles change traffic signals to streamline his commute.
-- How to parlay the lowest job into a successful Hollywood career, quickly and painlessly.
With advice on what names to drop, what drinks to order and where, and a preview of potential paychecks, plus snapshots of Hollywood's finest and foulest bosses through the eyes of their assistants, It's All Your Fault is the essential playbook for those rookies eager to become big-time players, and for anyone who's interested in Hollywood.
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