Acting


An Actor Prepares
Respect for Acting
Sanford Meisner on Acting
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
The Art of Acting
To the Actor
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making
Building A Character
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique -- The 12-Step Acting Technique That Will Take You from Script to a Living, Breathing, Dynamic Character
The Actor and the Target
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus
A Challenge For The Actor
Creating A Role
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinFilm Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. KatzWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraActor for Life by Connie de Veer
Acting and Cinema
75 books — 63 voters
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen CushmanHollywood Party by K. Lloyd BillingsleyThe Hunger by Alma KatsuHollywood Lost by Ace CollinsHollywood Heathens by Den Warren
Hollywood Sign
10 books — 2 voters

The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraStory by Robert McKeeAs You Wish by Cary ElwesFrom Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter
Best film related books
64 books — 58 voters

Sacred Theatre by Ralph YarrowKnow Thyself - Unraveling The Mystery Of Mind by Gian KumarARTIST by Jocelyn   JonesFrom Ritual to Theatre by Victor TurnerThink From The Heart, Love From The Mind by Gian Kumar
Spiritual theatre and performance
32 books — 3 voters
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonDutchman & The Slave by Amiri BarakaPorgy and Bess Fantasy for Two Pianos by George GershwinFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
African American Plays
42 books — 32 voters

W.S. Gilbert
I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances. ...more
W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

Benedict Cumberbatch
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
Benedict Cumberbatch

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