Nuts and bolts: What you will need to get started -- The tools of the trade -- Buyers and sellers -- Looking for work -- Getting your act together -- Survival strategies -- Understanding the unions -- What they are and what they pay -- Performers with disabilities -- Regional markets -- The breaks: Interview and follow-up -- Finding a vehicle to showcase your talent -- Audition and screen test -- Congratulations! you've got a job! -- Your first day on the set -- They want you to sign a contract -- Coping with success -- The little stars -- Script analysis: The theater audition -- The soap opera audition -- The prime-time series audition -- The film audition -- The commercial auditon -- Epilogue

1. Actors