Mom! I Want to Be a Star

Irene Dreayer

• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781497663480
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Acting & Auditioning

This is the ultimate show-biz how-to guide for aspiring kids and their parents, written by Hollywood's number-one kid-talent expert and executive producer for Disney, ABC, and the WB, Irene Dreayer ("the Dray"). As a thirty-year veteran of discovering kid stars and producing hit TV shows such as the Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, as well as several TV movies, Dreayer has seen hundreds of kids try to make it in show business. Most parents and kids don't understand the steps or how to navigate the ins and outs of the industry. Most make critical mistakes. As Hollywood's only trusted career coach for kid talent, Irene Dreayer developed the Dray Way ( www.thedrayway.com ) as her proven method for guiding show-biz kids and their parents on how to audition correctly, how to handle the business side, and how to deal with issues such as image and rejection. The Dray Way is her method for working with kids and training parents on how to pursue this business we call show in a strategic manner, the right way. This book is designed as a workbook for parents and kids to do together. Every chapter explains, informs, and delivers the honest truth about specific aspects of the entertainment business and outlines the crucial information kids and parents need to learn as a family. Some chapters are designed exclusively for parents, but most are a family affair. The exercises in each chapter are to be completed by parents and kids in order to learn the skills required to be a better actor, singer, or dancer. Mom! I Want to Be a Star is entertaining, fun to read, and a wonderful opportunity for families to explore together their child's dream and desire to become a star.

Table of contents

• Cover page
• Title Page
• How to Use This Book
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Is Becoming a Star Your Dream or Your Parents’ Dream?
• Chapter 2: L.A. Is Not Where You Start; It's Where You End Up
• Chapter 3: Parents, You Are the CEO
• Chapter 4: Parents, Don’t Be a Nightmare
• Chapter 5: Parents, Run from Scams
• Chapter 6: Rejection – Let's Rename It
• Chapter 7: It's Not How You Look, But How You Feel You Look
• Chapter 8: Keep Yourself Focused When Acting
• Chapter 9: Show Fear the Door
• Chapter 10: Memorizing Is Not Acting; Are You Believable?
• Chapter 11: Bigger & Louder Do Not Make You a Better Actor
• Chapter 12: Act Don't Point
• Chapter 13: Ya Gotta, Speak Clearly
• Chapter 14: Can You Find the Joke?
• Chapter 15: Don't Make Excuses for a Bad Performance
• Chapter 16: 14 Should Look 14
• Chapter 17: I’d Rather Have a Slow ‘Yes’ Than a Fast ‘No’
• Chapter 18: Easy to Get In the Door, Harder to Get Back In
• Chapter 19: Success Is Not Permanent
• Chapter 20: Final Thoughts from the Dray
• GLOSSARY – Definitions of Industry Terms & Lingo
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Copyright Page