Production costs are skyrocketing while profits are in a death spiral. Hollywood is wasting 3.6 BILLION dollars per year!

If production is running 300 12-hour days per year, that’s an industry-wide waste of $12,018,000 per day and $16,691 per minute! That does not include the impact of salaries for top stars, the expansion of alternative media, electronic piracy, or any of the other things that are being blamed for Hollywood’s demise.

So what is the source of this waste? Primarily it comes from wasted time on the set, which in turn is caused primarily by improperly trained actors! Massive budget and schedule overages are commonplace. Star actors are being turned down for parts or refusing parts when studios can't or won't meet their normal pay scale.

And it's not just the actors' fault. The whole system is broken. Everyone contributes to the problem - acting teachers and coaches, agents, managers, casting directors, and directors. The Screen Actors Guild, along with the studios and producers, can fix this problem and avoid a strike next year. More importantly, it can alter the way Hollywood does business and allow the film and television industry to survive.

But it will require change in many areas, and change is never easy. This book points the way to a solution. It should be read by every Hollywood insider.