Books

When I was starting out, the only way to improve my comedy chops was by getting a job on a sitcom. And I got that because I knew somebody, not because I was funny. On set, my education was a chaotic jumble of making mistakes, taking advice from pros, and learning by doing. There were acting books for theatre but there weren’t any for working on sitcoms.  So I decided to change that and wrote “The Sitcom Career Book” to give you the lowdown on what it takes to be a professional on a series. With my next two books, “Acting for Young Actors” and “Directors Tell the Story,” I present two more how-to guides with lots of inside info that can only be shared by someone who learned by doing and, as a result, now directs actors for a living.