Book Review: Actorpreneur: A Working Actor’s Guide – Jade Asha

ACTORPRENEUR: A Working Actor’s Guide – Jade Asha (ISBN: 978-1-5272-7734-2)

Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

There are so many books out there giving their professional advice on how to become an actor. In today’s world (especially since Covid) they will all be praying that we go back to some sense of normalcy in the near future, otherwise no one on earth will be looking at the entertainment business as a plausible profession.

I have been sent so many of these books over the years and, if I were to go through them and compare them, I am sure they would all repeat exactly the same things. Should you go to a Drama School? If so, how do you choose? Have confidence. Get an agent. How to behave at auditions, etc, etc, etc. Having been through all this, albeit many, many years ago, I know first-hand how difficult all this can be. I also know that a percentage of the people who were at Drama School with me were being given false hope for their future, as long as the school fees were paid.

I’m sure things have changed but then we have to look at the number of people going through Drama School and how many actually get work after – Drama School does not equal guaranteed work. I’m always a little wary of books like this, as they feel as if they are giving people false hope – but that is only my opinion.

So, having got all that off my chest, I have to say that of all the books I have read on this subject, this one by Jade Asha is actually the easiest to read and does give some good, sound advice. It is laid out in easy chapters and sub-chapters. It isn’t too long and involved but it does give you good understanding of what could be ahead. Unlike other books, it also details lots of advice on filming, etc – an added bonus.

I would have given the book more stars but, and here I sound like a broken record, it has not been proofread. Could I PLEASE beg people writing books nowadays to have it proofread before publishing. It’s annoying enough that we seem to be losing grip of the English language as it is, without reading books with stupid spelling mistakes and obvious errors.

Nick Wakeham