Press for The Actor's Life

With candor and wit, in The Actor's Life Fischer lays out what it takes to establish yourself in the profession. Based on her own memorable and hilarious experiences, she provides invaluable advice on how to get the right head shot, what to look for in representation, and the importance of getting out there and just doing something. She also provides helpful hints on how to be gutsy and take risks, the tricks to good auditioning and callbacks, and how not to fall for certain scams. (Auditions in a guy’s apartment are probably not legit—or at least not for the kind of part you’re looking for!)

Fischer’s inspiring guidance will make you feel like you have a trusted friend who’s made the journey and has now returned to walk beside you, pointing out the pitfalls as you blaze your own path toward the life of a professional actor.

Fox2Now St. Louis — author / book discussion on April 15, 2018

ABC’s The View — author interview / book cover shown on March 23, 2018

Show Me St. Louis — author interview on April 16, 2018

Off Camera w/ Sam Jones — author interview airing on February 5, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. EST 

Access Hollywood — author interview on February 8, 2018

CONAN — author interview on February 2, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST; airing on February 8, 2018 

Courtney and Co on Y98 (St. Louis) — author interview on April 2018

CBS Radio/1010 Wins/”22 minutes With” (New York) — author interview on November 15, 2017 [link updated]

Sirius XM Town Hall — author interview on November 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EST

Left Bank Books (St. Louis) — book signing on April 16, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. EST

DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) — author lecture on April 17, 2018

Tucson Book Festival — talk and signing on March 10, 2018; third largest book festival in the U.S. with 135K attendees

Idyllwild School of the Arts (Idyllwild, CA) — school talk on March 15, 2018; time TK

LA Festival of Books — author interview and book signing on April 22, 2018

Book Passage (San Francisco) — book signing on December 13, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. PST

Samuel French Bookshop (Hollywood, CA) — author signing on December 8, 2017 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. PST

Hudson Union Society — author appearance on November 14, 2017 [link updated]

Barnes & Noble (Union Square; NYC) — book signing and author talk on November 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. [time and link updated]

Book Soup — book signing on November 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

PBS Books (Facebook Live) — live author interview on April 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. PST during LA Times Festival of Books

St. Louis Post-Dispatch — author article / book mention on April 13, 2018

Backstage.com — author interview on April 4, 2018; air date TK

Don’t Keep Your Day Job (podcast) — author interview on March 19, 2018

First Person: One on One — author interview on April 2018; actual date TK

Signature — book mention in article, “17 Celebrities With Books That Are Worth a Read” on March 6, 2018

Arizona Daily Wildcat — author Q&A on March 6, 2018

Indianapolis Star — author/book mention on March 5, 2018

Off Camera w/ Sam Jones — author interview / Q&A on February 5, 2018 [see attachment and link]

Buzzfeed — book mention in “19 Celebrity Books That Are Actually Worth Reading” on January 29, 2018

San Francisco Book Review — review on January 29, 2018; from the review: “The Actor’s Life is a book every actor should read. And every non-actor. Just read it.”

Decider — author article and book mention on January 8, 2018

Additional articles from the New York Times article: 

Bustle — book mention in “Office Reunion” article on December 19, 2017

Parade.com — book excerpt to run on December 22, 2017 [link updated]

The Moment with Brian Koppelman (podcast) — author interview aired on November 21, 2017

Washington Bookreview — book review on November 21, 2017; From the review: “Jenna Fischer has done a great service to all potential and aspiring actors. This should be required reading in all acting/film classes from high schools to colleges.”

People.com — author and book photo / mention on November 20, 2017

Hollywood Reporter — author interview on November 20, 2017

Remote Controlled (Variety podcast) — author interview on November 17, 2017

Closer Weekly — author article and book mention on November 15, 2017

SheKnows — author article and book mention on November 15, 2017

Ladygang Podcast — author interview on November 14, 2017

Entertainment Weekly — book article on November 14, 2017

PEOPLE.com — book article on November 14, 2017

Parade.com — author interview on November 14, 2017

Angela Kinsey — Twitter post holding the book on November 14, 2017

Cosmopolitan.com — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

TODAY.com — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Page Six — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Jezebel — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

HelloGiggles — video; book quotes and mention on November 14, 2017

HelloGiggles — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Refinery29 — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Alloy — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Closer Weekly — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Moviefone — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Her.ie — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

College Candy (blog) — author article and book mention on November 14, 2017

Rainn Wilson — Twitter post of Rainn reading the book on November 5, 2017

Kevin Pollack’s Chat Show (podcast) — author interview on October 24, 2017

Twitter / Entertainment Weekly Q&A — author Q&A on Twitter with EW deputy books editor on November 15, 2017 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. EST [link updated]

AOL Build — author interview on November 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. EST [link updated]

WTF with Marc Maron — author interview on September 7, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. PST; will air on November 6, 2017 [link updated]

The Real Life Actor Podcast — author interview on September 6, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. PST; aired on November 14, 2017 [link updated]

Hollywood Close-Up (podcast) — author interview on August 29, 2017 at 12:20 p.m. PST [link updated]

Happier in Hollywood (podcast) — author interview to air on November 16, 2017 [link updated]

Master Chat  — online interview, recording 8/14, to go live in November 14, 2017 [link updated]

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