Contacts and Networking in Acting Professionally by Robert Cohen

Contacts and Networking was one of the most interesting topics that had appealed to me in this book. It basically stated ways to how important, how to reach and how to get contacts. To get anywhere in this industry, contacts are very vital. There are many contacts around you that you would never assume. Contacts are basically people you know, and people that know you. To create a contact, you got to take the time to get to know them and what they do because those five minutes that you have spent talking to them can be your big break. For example, if you were a director looking to cast a movie, and while reading over your script, you realize that there is someone that you know who could play a specific part. Instead of going through all the auditions, you can just call him up and get him the job. So what I mean is that, by getting or having a contact, it can open up various opportunities. What aahha’d me in this part of the book was when it said “no one makes it on their own” (Cohen 39). I thought in an audition, I could act, present myself, and get hired just like that, but there is a better chance of getting the role if you got a contact. There are some key fundamentals rules on seeking or knowing a contact which are; no contact is going to make it for you, your friend that made it may not help you out, contacts may not look like contacts, and not all contacts are really contacts.