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Acting Books
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An Actor Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 303 times as acting)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,140 ratings — published 1936
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,485 ratings — published 1973
Sanford Meisner on Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 293 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,192 ratings — published 1987
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as acting)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,017 ratings — published 1978
The Art of Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,517 ratings — published 2000
To the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,031 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 — 759 ratings — published 2004
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as acting)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,878 ratings — published 1989
Building A Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as acting)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,322 ratings — published 1949
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,465 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 122 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,023 ratings — published 2004
The Actor and the Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,080 ratings — published 2000
Creating A Role (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as acting)
avg rating 4.12 — 620 ratings — published 2013
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as acting)
avg rating 4.37 — 756 ratings — published 2003
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,656 ratings — published 1997
A Challenge For The Actor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,032 ratings — published 1991
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as acting)
avg rating 4.50 — 898 ratings — published 2008
A Practical Handbook for the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as acting)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,390 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 710 ratings — published 1963
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 932 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 — 550 ratings — published 2003
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as acting)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,923 ratings — published 1979
The Technique of Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as acting)
avg rating 4.15 — 268 ratings — published 1988
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as acting)
avg rating 3.93 — 450 ratings — published 1987
An Actor's Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as acting)
avg rating 4.25 — 334 ratings — published 1938
Freeing the Natural Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as acting)
avg rating 4.13 — 674 ratings — published 1976
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,864 ratings — published 1968
Acting for the Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as acting)
avg rating 4.04 — 441 ratings — published 1986
Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
by (shelved 43 times as acting)
avg rating 4.39 — 281 ratings — published 2003
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
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as acting)
avg rating 3.89 — 445 ratings — published 1965
Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as acting)
avg rating 4.19 — 159 ratings — published 1993
My Life in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 560 ratings — published 1924
Secrets of Screen Acting (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as acting)
avg rating 4.31 — 170 ratings — published 1993
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as acting)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,435,674 ratings — published 2022
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 966 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 4.60 — 196 ratings — published 2014
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as acting)
avg rating 3.96 — 119,433 ratings — published 2002
Voice and the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 4.06 — 285 ratings — published 1974
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as acting)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,448 ratings — published 1994
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as acting)
avg rating 4.17 — 161 ratings — published 1997
Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as acting)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,480 ratings — published 1968
A Life in Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,283 ratings — published 2016
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as acting)
avg rating 4.08 — 295 ratings — published 1992
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.27 — 663 ratings — published 2004
Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as acting)
avg rating 4.33 — 160 ratings — published 2008
The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.30 — 416 ratings — published 1953
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as acting)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,940 ratings — published 1996
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as acting)
avg rating 4.39 — 621 ratings — published 1984
The Lee Strasberg Notes (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as acting)
avg rating 4.26 — 117 ratings — published 2010
“Acting is in everything but the words.”
― The Art of Acting
― The Art of Acting
“I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.”
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