Books on Acting


How To Be A Working Actor
by Mari Lyn Henry & Lynne Rogers

This celebrated survival guide for actors is still considered "the Bible of the Biz" - the most comprehensive book on the business of acting, informed by an inside view of how casting decisions are actually made-and it has now been updated and expanded to cover new on-line ways actors can promote their picture, rsum and video clips; interviewing and auditioning tips for the new crop of young actors; enhancing one's image; and finding jobs in emerging markets. Paperback. 336 pages.


The Camera Smart Actor
by Richard Brestoff

The author discovered on his first day of acting for a TV movie that years of experience in stage acting and graduate education can be inadequate for the technical requirements of film acting. He wrote this book in the hopes that other actors making the transition from stage to film will be better prepared. The goal here is as much to familiarize the actor with the basics as to develop acting techniques. Paperback. 239 pages.


Your Film Acting Career: How To Break Into The Movies & TV & Survive In Hollywood
by M. K. Lewis & Rosemary Lewis

M.K. Lewis does a great job of getting you to understand the complexity of trying to make it in L.A. He gets you thinking about your commitment to acting by giving you a lot of truthful, upfront information about what it is really like trying to "survive in Hollywood". Paperback. 320 pages.


The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors: Conversations With Over 100 Casting Directors On How To Get The Job
by Karen Kondazian

Karen Kondazian's book contains invaluable interviews with many of the entertainment industry's top casting directors. It's a highly practical, intelligently written work that will be an asset to any working actor or newcomer who hopes to find work. The information dispensed in the Q&A format will help you prepare for any audition, whether it be for the particular casting director profiled or someone else you may be reading for. Paperback. 475 pages.


How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays & Musicals
by Gordon Hunt

Now revised to reflect the latest industry trends and realities, this bestselling guide (60,000 copies sold) offers actors the best, most specific advice for auditioning. Paperback. 336 pages.


Cold Reading and How to Be Good At It
by Basil Hoffman

According to a lot of casting directors, cold reading is one of the areas that almost ever actor needs work in. This book is an excellent tool for improving your cold reading skills. Greatly recommended for any actor. Paperback. 64 pages.


Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, & TV
by Judith Searle

Useful book for tips on auditioning. Informs the reader on how to act and what to do and not do to get a directors attention. This book is recommended to anyone and everyone who are looking for an acting job. Paperback.


Hitting Your Mark: What Every Actor Really Needs To Know On A Hollywood Set
by Steve Carlson

A Hollywood set is the most intimidating place in the world when you don't know what to do, who to ask, or even, where to sit. This book, with an actor's point of view, will help you hit the set running as a working professional. Chapters include dealing with the camera, set etiquette, love scenes and more. Paperback. 224 pages.


Audition: Everything an Actor Needs To Know To Get the Part
by Michael Shurtleff & Bob Fosse

What Stanislavsky was to acting, Michael Shurtleff is to auditioning. The complete book on how to audition for the theatre. Paperback. 264 pages.


An Actor Prepares
by Constantine Stanislavski

So much mystery and veneration surrounds the writings of the great Russian teacher and director Stanislavski that perhaps the greatest surprise awaiting a first-time reader of An Actor Prepares is how conversational, commonsensical, and even at times funny this legendary book is. Paperback. 313 pages.


Respect For Acting
by Uta Hagen

Here's an account of Uta Hagen's own struggle with the techniques of acting and based on her teachings. It's a book for people who respect (or wish they could) the theater on both sides of the footlights, for actor and audience who favor truth in a creative process. Hardcover. 227 pages.


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