![]() If only she’d had a handbook for the struggling actor. And with so many obstacles to navigate, it wasn’t always easy to fight off discouragement. The path to professional acting was more competitive than she’d ever imagined. It would be eight long years before she landed her Emmy-nominated role of Pam Beesley on The Office-nearly a decade of failure, struggle, rejection, and doubt. She was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. ![]() Never mind that she didn’t know a single person in the entertainment industry. ![]() ![]() With a theater degree in hand, she was certain everything would fall easily into place. Jenna Fischer’s Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. I hope it is given out as a guidebook of sorts to any young actor when they land at LAX.” -Jon Hamm “I loved reading Jenna’s honest and sincere appraisal of the actualities of breaking into, finding one’s way, and then thriving in this business. At every level of success, we are all just artists trying to figure it out day by day. Nothing is sugar-coated, nor is it cynical. “In The Actor’s Life, Jenna Fischer lays out exactly what aspiring actors can expect from this crazy, unpredictable industry both practically and emotionally. ![]()
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