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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,318 ratings — published 1936
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,331 ratings — published 1987
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 307 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,606 ratings — published 1973
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,080 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 219 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,596 ratings — published 2000
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,005 ratings — published 1989
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,059 ratings — published 1953
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as acting)
avg rating 4.49 — 786 ratings — published 2004
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,363 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 135 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,097 ratings — published 2004
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,736 ratings — published 2017
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,173 ratings — published 2000
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,075 ratings — published 1991
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as acting)
avg rating 4.37 — 773 ratings — published 2003
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 633 ratings — published 1957
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,725 ratings — published 1997
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as acting)
avg rating 4.50 — 954 ratings — published 2008
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as acting)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,476 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 717 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 959 ratings — published 1933
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 281 ratings — published 1988
How to Stop Acting: A Renowned Acting Coach Shares His Revolutionary Approach to Landing Roles, Developing Them and Keeping them Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 570 ratings — published 2003
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,205 ratings — published 1979
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 447 ratings — published 1986
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as acting)
avg rating 3.92 — 475 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 353 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 691 ratings — published 1976
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,043 ratings — published 1968
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 43 times as acting)
avg rating 4.40 — 282 ratings — published 2003
No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as acting)
avg rating 4.08 — 346 ratings — published 1979
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as acting)
avg rating 3.89 — 458 ratings — published 1965
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 164 ratings — published 1993
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 579 ratings — published 1924
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,628,685 ratings — published 2022
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 171 ratings — published 1993
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,045 ratings — published 2022
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 4.58 — 209 ratings — published 2014
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 291 ratings — published 1974
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 163 ratings — published 1997
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,324 ratings — published 2002
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,523 ratings — published 1994
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,043 ratings — published 1996
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,509 ratings — published 1968
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as acting)
avg rating 4.05 — 300 ratings — published 1992
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.29 — 442 ratings — published 1953
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 24,501 ratings — published 2016
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 683 ratings — published 2004
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 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 Lucid Body: A Guide for the Physical Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as acting)
avg rating 4.39 — 224 ratings — published 2008
“We’re only ever playing fifty percent of a character. The rest is us, and we’re afraid to show people who we really are. We’re afraid of looking foolish if we reveal the full force of our emotions.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
