Casting Directors' Secrets Author:Ginger Howard Sure-fire methods for getting the stage, film, and television parts that talented actors want and deserve are spelled out in this wonderfully helpful resource. The author's multi-faceted career has put her on both sides of the audition scene: sometimes as an actor seeking work; at other times as a casting director doing the hiring. Readers reap... more » the benefits of this dual experience and the knowledge of scores of the author's fellow casting directors about how to make or break a fabulous audition, taking direction, doing monologues, reading with others, pulling off love scenes, and handling comedy scenes versus drama. The book reviews the mistakes most often made at auditions and tells actors how to avoid them so that they will hear those magic words, "You've got the part!"« less