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
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
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
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
A Challenge For The Actor
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraA History of Narrative Film by David A. CookAs You Wish by Cary ElwesChasing The Light by Oliver Stone
film movie and cinema studies books
214 books — 30 voters
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim FederlePlay It Again by Laura DowerA Play for the Festival by Mabel Esther AllanSetting the Stage by Lindsay ChampionKing of Shadows by Susan Cooper
#MGCarousel - Books About Theater
45 books — 4 voters

The Tragic Death by Lewis J.A. CorbettClinically Un-Depressed by Will HolcombThe Puzzler by Will HolcombBarefoot in the Park by Neil SimonOur Town by Thornton Wilder
Plays For Local Theatre
31 books — 18 voters
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleStory by Robert McKeeWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraAs You Wish by Cary ElwesFrom Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter
Best film related books
71 books — 58 voters

Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto BoalWhen Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre by Edwin WongActing Class by Milton KatselasTowards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy GrotowskiThe Stanislavsky Technique by Mel Gordon
So You Want to be an Actor
19 books — 13 voters

Vera Nazarian
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. ...more
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Stella Adler
Acting is in everything but the words.
Stella Adler, The Art of Acting

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