{"product_id":"how-to-play-for-a-living-sixty-years-in-the-life-of-a-working-actor","title":"How to Play for a Living - Sixty Years in the Life of a Working Actor","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eHow to Play for a Living - Sixty Years in the Life of a Working Actor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003ePeter Jason, with Joie Davidow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e200 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eISBN \u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e9798905350634  $27\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798905350641\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e hardback\u003c\/span\u003e $38 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\"Entertaining and informative, a must read for both fledgling actors and film buffs.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e— director JOHN CARPENTER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eIn this often-hilarious memoir, actor Peter Jason traces his six-decade journey, navigating Hollywood films, television, and the American theater, from summer stock and Carnegie Tech, dodging the Vietnam draft, to reinventing himself to survive a fiercely competitive industry. The book unfolds as a series of vivid, behind-the-scenes stories and lessons about craft, humility, sobriety, resilience, and the necessity of joy, illustrating his core philosophy that acting should be play, not work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePETER JASON, one of the great character actors, appeared in more than two hundred movies and television shows, frequently working with directors Walter Hill, John Carpenter and Frank Marshall in a career stretching from \u003ci\u003eRio Lobo\u003c\/i\u003e with John Wayne, Orson Welles's \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Wind to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, remembered for his roles in iconic films such as \u003ci\u003e48 Hrs., Prince of Darkness, Arachnophobia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThey Live.\u003c\/i\u003e, and TV shows like \u003ci\u003eNCIS\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDeadwood and Baskets\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also an accomplished voice actor, playing the fan-favorite character Dizzy in \u003ci\u003eGears of War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52723750437166,"sku":"9798905350634","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":52723750469934,"sku":"9798905350635","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/5789\/6251\/files\/HowtoPlayforaLiving_frontcover96dpi.jpg?v=1790216940","url":"https:\/\/www.bearmanormedia.com\/products\/how-to-play-for-a-living-sixty-years-in-the-life-of-a-working-actor","provider":"BearManor Media ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}