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Acting Books
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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 303 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,217 ratings — published 1936
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 300 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,524 ratings — published 1973
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,247 ratings — published 1987
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,037 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,537 ratings — published 2000
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,043 ratings — published 1953
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as acting)
avg rating 4.49 — 772 ratings — published 2004
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,930 ratings — published 1989
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,339 ratings — published 1949
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,592 ratings — published 2017
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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,054 ratings — published 2004
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,110 ratings — published 2000
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 760 ratings — published 2003
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,683 ratings — published 1997
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as acting)
avg rating 4.51 — 921 ratings — published 2008
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,045 ratings — published 1991
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 623 ratings — published 2013
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as acting)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,423 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 713 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 950 ratings — published 1933
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,040 ratings — published 1979
How to Stop Acting: A Renowned Acting Coach Shares His Revolutionary Approach to Landing Roles, Developing Them and Keeping them Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 558 ratings — published 2003
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 275 ratings — published 1988
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 459 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 338 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 678 ratings — published 1976
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 440 ratings — published 1986
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,954 ratings — published 1968
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 43 times as acting)
avg rating 4.40 — 281 ratings — published 2003
No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as acting)
avg rating 4.08 — 340 ratings — published 1979
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as acting)
avg rating 3.89 — 448 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,520,737 ratings — published 2022
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 570 ratings — published 1924
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 160 ratings — published 1993
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.30 — 169 ratings — published 1993
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as acting)
avg rating 4.59 — 201 ratings — published 2014
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 997 ratings — published 2022
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 288 ratings — published 1974
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,491 ratings — published 1968
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,302 ratings — published 2002
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 161 ratings — published 1997
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,480 ratings — published 1994
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,706 ratings — published 2016
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,978 ratings — published 1996
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 293 ratings — published 1992
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.30 — 424 ratings — published 1953
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 672 ratings — published 2004
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as acting)
avg rating 4.38 — 624 ratings — published 1984
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 162 ratings — published 2008
Games for Actors and Non-Actors (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 563 ratings — published 1975
“The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.”
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“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I dressed the part. Denial and rationalization were two of my most effective tools in working my way through our social obligations. I believed that playing the roles of wife and mother were the least I could do to help support Tom's career.
During the day, I was a puzzle with innumerable pieces. One piece made my family a nourishing breakfast. Another piece ferried the kids to school and to soccer practice. A third piece managed to trip to the grocery store. There was also a piece that wanted to sleep for eighteen hours a day and the piece that woke up shaking from yet another nightmare. And there was the piece that attended business functions and actually fooled people into thinking I might have something constructive to offer.
I was a circus performer traversing the tightwire, and I could fall off into a vortex devoid of reality at any moment. There was, and had been for a very long time, an intense sense of despair. A self-deprecating voice inside told me I had no chance of getting better. I lived in an emotional black hole.
p20-21, talking about dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder).”
― Wholeness: My Healing Journey from Ritual Abuse
During the day, I was a puzzle with innumerable pieces. One piece made my family a nourishing breakfast. Another piece ferried the kids to school and to soccer practice. A third piece managed to trip to the grocery store. There was also a piece that wanted to sleep for eighteen hours a day and the piece that woke up shaking from yet another nightmare. And there was the piece that attended business functions and actually fooled people into thinking I might have something constructive to offer.
I was a circus performer traversing the tightwire, and I could fall off into a vortex devoid of reality at any moment. There was, and had been for a very long time, an intense sense of despair. A self-deprecating voice inside told me I had no chance of getting better. I lived in an emotional black hole.
p20-21, talking about dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder).”
― Wholeness: My Healing Journey from Ritual Abuse
