Acting: The First Six Lessons. (Theatre Arts Book)18 reviews Richard Boleslavsky Theatre Arts / Routledge, 1987 Great Book for the Acting Student + Live it, Love it + Excellent Handbook + Deceptively Simplistic             Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded ...22 reviews Michael Caine Applause Books, 2000 Life between "Action" and "Cut" + For What It Is, Wonderful--but not really an acting book + Sad commentary on pre-feminist times + listen to what the man says...             Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews13 reviews Bonnie Gillespie Cricket Feet Publishing, 2003 This book is far more than "Casting Q's"--It really should be called "Auditioning Answers" + Must read book for parents of child actors! + Simply a great book! + This Book Helps You Take Control of Your Career + The most important book to have on hand!             How to Get the Part... Without Falling Apart!: Featuring the Haber Phrase Technique for Actors8 reviews Margie Haber, Barbara Babchick Lone Eagle, 1999 A must read for all actors + actress23 + Not just for beginners + How to Get the Part... Without Falling Apart by Margie Haber + Great Audition Book for Actors             How to Agent Your Agent15 reviews Nancy Rainford Lone Eagle, 2002 It's like being a fly on the wall of a talent agency + A must for anyone who is building an acting career! + Wish there were more "tricks of the trade." + HELPFUL TO WRITERS AS WELL... + Here's the real deal kid             How To Be A Working Actor: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television16 reviews Mari Henry, Lynne Rogers Back Stage Books, 2000 Excellent Resource and Must-Have + what to wear, where to park, what to do when you get there... + Good info for audition hunters + a good start + Good             Respect for Acting27 reviews Uta Hagen Wiley, 1973 Great--but skip and read "A Challenge for the Actor" + The best lessons ever laid out! + A Classic This book is great, don't get me wrong. But her later book, "A Challenge for the Actor" takes everything of value in this book, elaborates on it, and adds oodles more information and insight (reflecting the author's own revising of her approach and methods over the years). Reading both isn't ...             Next! An Actor's Guide to Auditioning2 reviews Ellie Kanner, Paul G. Bens jr. Lone Eagle Publishing Company, 1997 The best guide to auditioning for casting directors. + Days Go By... Just a note of praise for NEXT! Ellie Kanner and Paul G. Bens, Jr., have written the best guide to auditioning for casting directors that I have ever seen. It is the only one that accurately reflects my own 18 year experience in the film and television business. Great work! -- Richard Brestoff, ...             Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, and ...4 reviews Judith Searle Limelight Editions, 2004 The Best Book + Great Questions and Answers for the Beginning Actor + Great Book This book was by far the best I have read on auditions. It let me know how to act and what to do and not do to get a directors attention. I reccomend this book to anyone and everyone who are looking for an acting job.             An Agent Tells All16 reviews Tony Martinez Hit Team Publishing, 2005 Excellent, Easy to Read Book! + Good Read + Fabulous Book! A Must Read and Worth Every Penny! + Very useful information             Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business43 reviews Bonnie Gillespie Cricket Feet Publishing, 2006 Best acting book EVER!! + THANK YOU!!!! + You NEED this book + Thank you Bonnie!             Agents on Actors: Sixty Professionals Share Their Secrets on Finding Work on the Stage and Screen1 review Hettie Hurtes Back Stage Books, 2000 Incite to the Other Side Hurtes does a great job collaborating professional directors' opinions in order to portray the "other side" of the story- the people who choose who makes it and who doesn't. I want to be an actress, and this book helped me discover what to truly look out for when auditioning for a role. The book ...             Breaking into Commericals: The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Win, And Getting the Job, ...18 reviews Terry Berland, Deborah Ouellette Silman-James Press, 2006 PERFECT Book for Anybody Wanting to Break into the Biz! + Invaluable! Now I know how to do everything right! + Required Reading + If you desire making money... + really informative             The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors: Conversations with Over 100 Casting Directors on How to Get ...15 reviews Karen Kondazian, Eddie Shapiro Lone Eagle, 2000 A must read! + Good reading + Hear it directly from the casting directors themselves This is a fantastic up-to-date reference for all actors who are serious about the business! And if you don't want to follow the casting directors' advice, then get out of the business now!I have recommended this book to all the actors at my agency. I just wish it was bigger to include even more LA ...             How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition)3 reviews Gordon Hunt Collins, 1995 Greatest aide for actors/those wanting to enter the industry + Like Holding Someone's Hand on the Way to the Audition + Excelent. Clear and right to the point. I bought this book simply because Helen Hunt's father wrote it. I want to be an agent, and I found the information provided in this book to be an incredible resource, and something I share with all the actors, and those wanting to break into the industry, that I know!             Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in LA: From Your Town to Tinseltown63 reviews Dawn Lerman iUniverse Star, 2005 This is a MUST read + The Actor's Bible on your Journey + a little gem + if i was going to try to be an actor in la..i would follow these steps             Your Film Acting Career: How to Break into the Movies & TV & Survive in Hollywood12 reviews M. K. Lewis, Rosemary R. Lewis Gorham House Publishing, 1997 Sometimes the truth hurts + good + THE best book for actor's!! 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". Having studied with M.K. in ...             Making It in the Business: Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Your Goals in the Entertainment Industry4 reviews Andrea Hill Center Press (Westlake Village, CA), 2001 A psychological look at the problems actors face. + A must read for all actors, apiring or working! + candid and honest + candid and honest             Acting Is Everything: An Actor's Guidebook for a Successful Career in Los Angeles45 reviews Judy Kerr September Publishing, 2003 An Actor's Black Book... + Buy it now. + Great book for aspiring actor's in Los Angeles + Do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK! + Like having a professional adviser at home with you 24/7             Sanford Meisner on Acting32 reviews Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell Vintage, 1987 a masterpiece... + A Great View of Meisner Acting + great book + Meisner On Acting Review + A Free Meisner Class with the Man Himself