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Acting Books
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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,175 ratings — published 1936
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 302 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,506 ratings — published 1973
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,221 ratings — published 1987
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,026 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,525 ratings — published 2000
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,035 ratings — published 1953
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as acting)
avg rating 4.48 — 765 ratings — published 2004
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,901 ratings — published 1989
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as acting)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,330 ratings — published 1949
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,553 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 4.27 — 1,041 ratings — published 2004
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,095 ratings — published 2000
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 4.37 — 759 ratings — published 2003
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,038 ratings — published 1991
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 621 ratings — published 2013
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,672 ratings — published 1997
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as acting)
avg rating 4.51 — 910 ratings — published 2008
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as acting)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,412 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 712 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 938 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 67 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 553 ratings — published 2003
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,982 ratings — published 1979
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 271 ratings — published 1988
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 455 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 336 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 676 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 — 4,917 ratings — published 1968
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 43 times as acting)
avg rating 4.39 — 280 ratings — published 2003
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as acting)
avg rating 3.90 — 447 ratings — published 1965
No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 337 ratings — published 1979
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 564 ratings — published 1924
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 160 ratings — published 1993
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,483,138 ratings — published 2022
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.59 — 198 ratings — published 2014
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 170 ratings — published 1993
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 987 ratings — published 2022
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,454 ratings — published 2002
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,461 ratings — published 1994
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.07 — 286 ratings — published 1974
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,487 ratings — published 1968
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 161 ratings — published 1997
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,525 ratings — published 2016
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,963 ratings — published 1996
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.07 — 294 ratings — published 1992
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.30 — 418 ratings — published 1953
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 668 ratings — published 2004
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as acting)
avg rating 4.39 — 624 ratings — published 1984
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as acting)
avg rating 4.33 — 162 ratings — published 2008
The Lee Strasberg Notes (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 117 ratings — published 2010
“In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel”
― Creating A Role
― Creating A Role
“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.”
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