Sign in with Facebook
75 books
—
5 voters
Acting Books
Showing 1-50 of 5,028
An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,262 ratings — published 1936
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,288 ratings — published 1987
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 304 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,557 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 — 3,056 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,563 ratings — published 2000
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,053 ratings — published 1953
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,964 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 — 779 ratings — published 2004
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,344 ratings — published 1948
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,663 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 130 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,067 ratings — published 2004
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,134 ratings — published 2000
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 766 ratings — published 2003
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,705 ratings — published 1997
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,056 ratings — published 1991
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as acting)
avg rating 4.51 — 937 ratings — published 2008
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 627 ratings — published 1957
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as acting)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,444 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 715 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 955 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 71 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 561 ratings — published 2003
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as acting)
avg rating 4.14 — 278 ratings — published 1988
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,119 ratings — published 1979
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 470 ratings — published 1987
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 444 ratings — published 1986
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 346 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 684 ratings — published 1976
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as acting)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,985 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 40 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 — 449 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,571,921 ratings — published 2022
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 573 ratings — published 1924
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 160 ratings — published 1993
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 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 — 206 ratings — published 2014
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.07 — 289 ratings — published 1974
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 161 ratings — published 1997
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,018 ratings — published 2022
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,596 ratings — published 2002
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,500 ratings — published 1968
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,504 ratings — published 1994
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 294 ratings — published 1992
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,006 ratings — published 1996
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 24,085 ratings — published 2016
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.29 — 433 ratings — published 1953
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.28 — 677 ratings — published 2004
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as acting)
avg rating 4.32 — 163 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 — 159 ratings — published 2007
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
―
―
“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
