From Green Bay,
Hollywood seems a million miles away for anybody aching to break
into movies and TV.“You can’t get
there from here” rings in most minds.
Basically,
that’s true. But there are ways to wriggle into the business from
here or anywhere, if you have the desire.
A lot of the
basics are spelled out in a breezy and sometimes comical new book,
Hollywood USA How to get into the Movie Business without Moving to
Los Angeles or New York.
It’s
co-authored by someone from around here who is caught up in some
nifty projects. You would think what he says works.
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One who found a path to a career in the
movies without formal training shows others the way.
By Dilly Welkins
CAUTION - Randal Patrick says he "never was one to shy away from
an adventure."
So when he says a bunch of his college mates walking over the set
of movie that was being filmed in Atlanta 18 years ago, he walked
over with them. when they started changing clothes in wardrobe, he
changed too.
"I
certainly haven't made a living in movie on looks," says Patrick.
"I don't have any great talent. But I've always been one who
won't take 'no' for an answer, and I've always been the type
person to ask questions so I can get to the bottom of something. I
want to know the answers so I'll know how it works."
After working as an extra and seeing the movie business as
something he might like to pursue, Patrick enrolled in a TV
commercial workshop. "It must've worked because I started working
in everything that came to Atlanta," he says "I did voice-overs on
the radio. I was in a billboard ad for Ford. They had me sitting
in a car, starting out the window, looking clueless, But I was
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Book
has tips on getting into show biz in places other than L.A. or
N.Y.
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By NICK CARTER
Of the Journal Sentinel staff
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So you’ve got Tinseltown dreams and a Midwestern heart?
Well, according to a one-time Wisconsinite now working in TV, you
can be a player in the national entertainment industry from the
comfort of home.
By
BRENDA ERICKSON Herald Times Reporter Staff writer
ALPINE, Texas – The last few
weeks have been good for Phil Kramer. In addition to this
weekend’s debut of “Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo,” on which
he served as art department coordinator, Kramer is also
celebrating the release of “Hollywood U.S.A.,” a book on how to
break into show business without moving to California he
co-authored with actor/screenwriter Randal Patrick.
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“You don’t have to move to L.A. to get noticed.” - Phil Kramer,
Author
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