Making it in Hollywood Any Which Way You Can
by Brad Law
We are talking about Hollywood stardom as an actor, screen writer, director, or producer.
In this article we are going to explore different ideas of making it in Hollywood. There certainly are thousands of exciting success stories out there to inspire us all. To write this article I must have done over 1000 Google searches, (the best search engine on the planet, by the way), I did numerous stops and phone calls to both the the New York Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library, great libraries I might add. I bought the Celebrity Black Book, http://www.CelebrityBlackBook.com. I searched information on http://www.imdb.com. I read tons of articles from Wading Your Way Through Hollywood to Screenwriting your way to Hollywood, Charming Your Way To the Top: Hollywood’s Premier PR Executive Shows, Diablo Cody’s Tips for Blogging Your Way to Hollywood Success, Actor’s Survival Guide: How to Make Your Way in Hollywood, How To Make It in Hollywood and countless other books and articles.
Ten Ways To Break Into Hollywood over at Forbes.com written by Lacey Rose,
She offers some good tips,
The way she sees it, working at a production company, studio or network only enables you to see the process from one perspective: the buyer’s or the seller’s. Working for an agency, however, offers you a view of the whole playing field. From the mailroom, employees get to see first-hand how and why deals really get made–and make plenty of connections along the way. The catch: Competition is fierce, which isn’t surprising given the bold-faced alumni. Michael Eisner, Michael Ovitz and Jeffrey Katzenberg are just a few of the Tinseltown heavyweights who got their start in the mailroom. There’s no denying Hollywood is a town built on both beauty and connections.” Lacey says in her article that all you need are smarts, tenacity and a large dollop of luck; Oh, and a very thick skin.” She says there are assistant gigs. Some will tell you assistants exist to feed the egos of their self-important bosses. And don’t forget film school, which has long proved a popular means of breaking into Hollywood for editors, producers and executives alike? Among the most prestigious educators: University of Southern California (alumni include George Lucas and Judd Apatow) and University of California, Los Angeles (Francis Ford Coppola and When Harry Met Sally’s Rob Reiner)”.
Hack Your Way to Hollywood
I read an article on the internet called E-Girl: Hack Your Way to Hollywood Her dark tale of following databases to Hollywood dreams broke first in the book Hollywood, Interrupted by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner. An America Online customer service rep illicitly surfs the company’s customer database, ferrets out private data on celebrity members and then hunts them down online under a false identity, seeking fame and fortune in Hollywood. She landed a movie deal! Don’t forget the internet you can show the world who you are on the internet.
Leave Your country and Move to Hollywood
Look at Heath Ledger whom left Australia and carved out a successful career in Hollywood. Sadly the world lost Heath, he died in New York City of still-undetermined causes. Others who left home sweet home to pursue successful Hollywood careers include: Spain’s Antonio Banderas, Canada’s Mike Myers, Englishman Daniel Day-Lewis, Jackie Chan of Hong Kong, Salma Hayek of Mexico (and current Oscar nominees) Marion Cotillard of France and Saoirse Ronan of Ireland and Anthony Hopkins from England.
Become a Hollywood Party and or Studio Crasher
Everyone has heard the story of how Steven Spielberg got his start in the film industry by sneaking into Universal Studios.
Here is a good one you gotta love, in this article “U.K. tourist bluffs his way into IRON MAN!” A tourist crashed the set of Iron Man, Carl Kelly, 29, was even asked to act in a scene with Gwyneth Paltrow after he slipped by security and onto the set of science-fiction thriller Iron Man.
Study Success
Definitely Google search the Forbes Star Currency list- Forbes.com Hollywood’s Most Bankable Actors, with Will Smith topping the honors! I do not have an address for this great list but I found it by Google searching Forbes Star Currency list- Forbes.com and as always with reliable Google it popped up in the number one spot.
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Sleeping Your Way to the Top in Hollywood
Heres one you gotta really love, I found this article that was so hot it was apparently removed from the internet; Sleeping Your Way to the Top in Hollywood by by Angelina Aniston. This article reveals names of beautiful women who have actually made it in Hollywood in real life by sleeping there way to the top. I read the article before it was removed. It reads like a who’s who of Hollywood directors and producers. The list of name of ladies at the top will surprise you but I will never tell who they are. I will not mention any of the names that I was privy to out of respect for the famous lady actors and the directors, producers and their wives, but I will reveal the list of the star directors and producers that Angelina has dreams of sleeping with. To quote her word for word; I will get my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame any which way I can! “Other Hollywood “Casting Couch Targets” that I have my heart set on include, Will Smith actor/producer (TV to Big Movie Star Wow!); James Cameron, no intro needed! Judd Apatow, director/writer/producer (a (he just may be a virgin!); Steven Spielberg, director/producer (what a success story, I read about him in the book Think and Grow Rich); Peter Rice, president of Fox Searchlight, (a low profile guy but I will catch up with him); Jeff Skoll, founder of Participant Productions, (he’s got the bucks also) Tyler Perry, actor/director/writer/producer,( Tall, religious with his finger on the pulse of Indie Films but he won’t be able to resist my Angelina Jolie looks and body); David Heyman, producer,( born into a British filmmaking family, John Knoll, visual-effects supervisor of Industrial Light & Magic, Brian Grazer, producer (I hope to get my chance at his partner Ron Howard also); George Clooney, actor/director/producer (who wouldn’t want to sleep with George Clooney even if he is pushing 50 years old! Jerry Bruckheimer, producer (my girlfriend knows him and some of his friends from Detroit, he should be higher up on my list!); Peter Jackson, director/producer (who doesn’t love new Zealand); Zack Snyder, director I like cars and he has an eye for cars and I hope the ladies); Brad Bird, writer/director (great American director and handsome too); Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks (needs no intro), Johnny Depp, actor/producer (are you kidding me, all I want from Johnny is SEX!); Will Ferrell, actor/producer (I love his sense of humor); Paul Greengrass, director English and good at his job); Tim Palen, co-president of film marketing for Lionsgate, Robert Zemeckis director, (Forest Gump and Back to the Future wow!); Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, J.J. Abrams, producer/director born into the business but more than carries is weight); Tom Rothman, co-chair of Fox Filmed Entertainment, Daniel Battsek, president of Miramax, Ben Affleck, actor/director/writer/producer Films (he keeps the star-meter on high); Ben Stiller, actor/director/producer (he writes, produces and directs, a dream man); Roderick Jaynes, editor (sooner or later will need a great editor); Stefan Sonnenfeld, president of Company 3, Guillermo del Toro, writer/producer/director (Mexico is a pretty country when shown around by Guillermo del Toro! Whoops I almost forgot Ari Emanuel, partner of the Endeavor Agency and Hollywood Super-agent! Not to mention Modi Wiczyk, co-CEO of Media Rights Capital, let’s face it he isn’t a Johnny Depp in the looks department but he is worth the effort, Richard William Wallace of Megahit Films, he’s a hot older Scottish producer, he really is related to William Wallace of Braveheart and he is the most under the radar but yet the most connected producer in Hollywood, Gustavo Santaolalla, composer, talk about a man who can serenade a lady, Gustavo is the man! Emmanuel Lubezki, cinematographer, talk about a man who can handle a camera and I have heard he can man handle a woman just as gently! Angelina Julie Aniston.
Buying Your Way to Hollywood Stardom
Currently, there are over 10 million residents around the globe classified as millionaires, but don’t get to excited just yet more than likely these millionaires with a net worth of only a million dollars would not be rich enough to buy there way to stardom in Hollywood. A multi-millionaire has a net worth of more than 2 million units of currency, a deca-millionaire has a net worth of more than 10 million units of currency, and a centi-millionaire has a net worth of more than 100 million units of currency. Movies have been made for peanuts making their producers and investors multi-millions with very low budget films which means that you multi-millionaires might have a small chance to buy your way into Hollywood fame, while you centi-millionaires are getting warmer to the fame and acclaim that you deserve, but guarantees start to become more favorable to billionaires, According to Forbes’ latest annual list of the World’s Billionaires published in March 2008 there are currently 1125 members of the exclusive Billionaire’s club US-dollar billionaires in the world. Billionaires definitely have the funding to achieve Hollywood star status.
However money isn’t everything, the secret to making it in Hollywood still boils down to Hollywood connections, and who you know; no matter how much money you have you still have to have the right contacts and Hollywood Connections. I have searched Google until my fingers hurt from the clicks. I have shut down the Hollywood and New York libraries to find out who has real life Hollywood Connections capable of achieving real Hollywood fame. Google lists over 8,940,000 English pages for Hollywood Connections. After weeks of false leads I came across the website http://www.megahitfilms.com. After a thorough investigation I have found that Megahit Films has the Hollywood Connections to make almost any one a star, the production company’s focus is on raising money for megahit filmmakers and helping their wealthy investor clients or family members (who fund these movies) to achieve their Hollywood dreams. High net worth individuals with a family member who has a Hollywood dream should contact Megahit Films. Movie Producers with a blockbuster on their hands who are looking for money or funding for their movies and films should contact Megahit Films. My only personal problem is that I am not even a millionaire, let alone a multi-millionaire, centi-millionaire or a billionaire, please excuse me as I need to make a phone call to see if there is a position in the mail room over at Megahit Films!
May YOU find your true path to your Hollywood Dreams.
About the Author Brad Law, Glasgow Scotland,I a moving to Hollywood to seek my fame and fortune. I have a goal to work for Megahit Films. Megahit Films is a movie production company that arranges financing for filmmakers and offers investment opportunities for high net worth individuals with a love of the arts and film. http://www.megahitfilms.com

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