Greenlighting Yourself: Living Your Hollywood Dream

""Greenlighting Yourself" is a book of practical advice about getting one's foot in the door and then succeeding in a variety of entertainment industry jobs-in particular, writing, producing, acting, and directing. Its author is a successful TV writer-producer and author of a few books who has given seminars on these subjects for a number of years in Hollywood. Throughout the book, many of the author's bits of advice are illustrated by anecdotes from or about his notable friends, such as Ray Bradbury and Guillermo del Toro. Among the many topics the book covers are committing oneself to one's career, developing sound work habits, dealing with the various personalities one encounters in this field, interesting others in one's work, finding work, finding an agent, dealing with rejection, and developing a longlasting career"-- Provided by publisher.