Tips for Making a Good First Impression in Show Business
professional pictures of yourself, and be ready to show them without apologies or explanations. Your graduation picture won’t do, nor will glamour-gimmicked photos of the type displayed in night-club lobbies. The pictures should show you: some headshots showing a fair range of moods; others in various types of wardrobe.
Have extra prints of each picture. Your interviewer may want to keep one. Make certain that your name, address, phone number and vital statistics are written legibly on the back of each photograph. Don’t be misled into thinking that the pictures he rejects are “no good.” Almost every interviewer is likely to make a different selection. Each has his own professional purpose and his own taste as valid reasons for his choice. For the sake of efficiency and economy, it’s a good idea to have a few eight-by-ten composites made up with four poses on
