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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,346 ratings — published 1936
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 313 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,634 ratings — published 1973
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,352 ratings — published 1987
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,093 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,602 ratings — published 2000
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,023 ratings — published 1989
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,066 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 — 789 ratings — published 2004
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,373 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 138 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,102 ratings — published 2004
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,766 ratings — published 2017
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,191 ratings — published 2000
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 637 ratings — published 1957
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 775 ratings — published 2003
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,079 ratings — published 1991
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,734 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 — 959 ratings — published 2008
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as acting)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,490 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 716 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 971 ratings — published 1933
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 288 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 73 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 595 ratings — published 2003
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,248 ratings — published 1979
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 447 ratings — published 1986
Mademoiselle le Sleuth (Paris Backstage Murders)
by (shelved 64 times as acting)
avg rating 4.32 — 10,141 ratings — published 2024
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 479 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 356 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 692 ratings — published 1976
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,065 ratings — published 1968
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Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] (Vera Wong, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 85,229 ratings — published 2025
The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as acting)
avg rating 3.79 — 172,469 ratings — published 2023
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 44 times as acting)
avg rating 4.40 — 281 ratings — published 2003
The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as acting)
avg rating 3.82 — 13,058 ratings — published 2022
The Golden Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as acting)
avg rating 3.47 — 56,784 ratings — published 2023
An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as acting)
avg rating 3.56 — 6,606 ratings — published 2008
Murder Takes a Vacation (Mrs. Blossom Mystery #1)
by (shelved 41 times as acting)
avg rating 3.48 — 23,970 ratings — published 2025
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (Antique Hunter’s, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as acting)
avg rating 3.37 — 22,948 ratings — published 2024
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 Appeal (The Appeal, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as acting)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,129 ratings — published 2021
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as acting)
avg rating 3.88 — 461 ratings — published 1965
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 164 ratings — published 1993
Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,460 ratings — published 2016
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,649,416 ratings — published 2022
My Life In Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 579 ratings — published 1924
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 171 ratings — published 1993
The Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as acting)
avg rating 3.84 — 13,280 ratings — published 2024
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 — 210 ratings — published 2014
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 293 ratings — published 1974
Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 3.67 — 12,509 ratings — published 2023
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,056 ratings — published 2022
“When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.”
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“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
