Smart Actors, Foolish Choices: A Self-Help Guide to Coping with the Emotional Stresses of the Business

by Katherine Mayfield

Here is the first and only book entirely to the emotional side of the performing arts. Smart Actors, Foolish Choices is a resource for anyone who needs to know how to deal with ego-bruising rejection, with anxiety and fear, and with the numerous other challenges of staying happy--and sane--in the turbulent world of show business.

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

I'm the author of the award-winning memoir The Box of Daughter, Bullied: Why You Feel Bad Inside and What to Do About It, Dysfunctional Families: The Truth Behind the Happy Family Façade and other books on dysfunctional families.

I blog on dysfunctional families on my website, www.TheBoxofDaughter.com, and I'm currently working on a paranormal romance. You can read my writing here.

My author website is www.katherine-mayfield.com.

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

My father sent me this book and I just started reading it on the subway this morning, and it's making me almost as angry as "The Secret."