How
to get into show biz
& survive
HERE'S HOW
THE
BOOK
WAR
STORIES
A Rule Book of how to maneuver through the minefields of showbiz.
By Rick Friedberg
Rick Friedberg is an award-winning writer/director of movies, television, videos, and commercials. And now he has written Hollywood War Stories, a funny and insightful book with tips and secrets on surviving the entertainment business.
Writer.
Director.
Author.
Lights.
Camera.
Fame.
A candid, unsparing view of Hollywood. The advice offered would have saved me a lot of pain. A must read.
Funny. Factual. Fascinating.
- Scott Dunlop, creator,
The Real Housewives of Orange County
Rick Friedberg has written a wild, riveting account of Hollywood life. He’s a great story teller. Loved it!
-Adrianna Trigiani, NY Times best-selling author
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Hollywood War Stories:
How to Survive in the Trenches
is a funny, enlightening, insider's view of “Showbiz,” filled with anecdotal "War Stories" of working with Academy-award winning talent.
Each short chapter explains a rule to follow like Good Ideas Don't Just Fall Off a Turnip Truck, Humility is a Highly Over-rated Virtue, Book Your Next Job before the Star or Studio Exec Croaks and many more.
Laugh and learn from this contemporary guide to the showbiz roller coaster ride.
Excerpts from Hollywood
War Stories
Rule #1:
It's All About Passion
If you audition for a role as an actor, test your comedy routine, pitch an idea, sing or play your song, or show your video, its all about how much energy, perhaps humor, and certainly passion you put into that effort.
A good example was Noomi Rapace, a Swedish actress, who wanted to play the part of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Being naturally voluptuous, she didn’t have a prayer to land the role of an anorexic, ninety-nine-pound bi-sexual punk. She lost fifty pounds, died her hair ink black and styled it in a fauxhawk, got tattoos and piercings, and forced the producers to give her a shot.
Mathew McConnaughy, People Magazine’s prediction to be the Sexiest Man Alive, appeared in several movies where it seemed mandatory to remove his shirt. Then he lost almost forty pounds to portray AIDS victim, Ron Woodruff, in The Dallas Buyer’s Club and, later, similarly on TV, detective, “Rust” Cohle in True Detective. Just the opposite, which is usually done with costume body padding, Robert DeNiro, got in character to perform as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull by gaining sixty pounds.
These fine actors had the passion to win their roles and perform them so memorably, no matter what it took.