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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,287 ratings — published 1936
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,312 ratings — published 1987
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 306 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,590 ratings — published 1973
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,071 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 219 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,582 ratings — published 2000
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,056 ratings — published 1953
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,979 ratings — published 1989
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as acting)
avg rating 4.49 — 785 ratings — published 2004
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,352 ratings — published 1948
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 134 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,078 ratings — published 2004
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,701 ratings — published 2017
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,154 ratings — published 2000
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 4.37 — 771 ratings — published 2003
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,070 ratings — published 1991
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 631 ratings — published 1957
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as acting)
avg rating 4.51 — 950 ratings — published 2008
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,719 ratings — published 1997
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as acting)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,456 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 714 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 959 ratings — published 1933
How to Stop Acting: A Renowned Acting Coach Shares His Revolutionary Approach to Landing Roles, Developing Them and Keeping them Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 567 ratings — published 2003
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 280 ratings — published 1988
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,158 ratings — published 1979
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 443 ratings — published 1986
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as acting)
avg rating 3.92 — 472 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 351 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 688 ratings — published 1976
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,013 ratings — published 1968
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 42 times as acting)
avg rating 4.40 — 281 ratings — published 2003
No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as acting)
avg rating 4.08 — 344 ratings — published 1979
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as acting)
avg rating 3.89 — 454 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,604,069 ratings — published 2022
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 576 ratings — published 1924
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 162 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 — 207 ratings — published 2014
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 170 ratings — published 1993
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,030 ratings — published 2022
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.07 — 289 ratings — published 1974
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,025 ratings — published 1996
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.16 — 162 ratings — published 1997
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,354 ratings — published 2002
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,516 ratings — published 1994
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as acting)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,504 ratings — published 1968
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 24,277 ratings — published 2016
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 298 ratings — published 1992
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.29 — 437 ratings — published 1953
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 680 ratings — published 2004
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 164 ratings — published 2008
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as acting)
avg rating 4.38 — 630 ratings — published 1984
The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 161 ratings — published 2007
“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
“Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility.”
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