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I have included only a few of the many books Amazon.com has available on Acting. These books are the ones I personally recommend. If you wish to view or purchase a book, click on the Book Title below and you will be taken to Amazon.com to view the book.

My "You Must Have These in Your Library" List

  • Acting for the Camera - Tony Barr, Eric Stephan Kline, Edward Asner
  • An Actor Prepares - Constantine Stanislavski, Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
  • Casting Directors' Secrets - Ginger Howard
  • Film and Television Acting: From Stage to Screen - Ian Bernard, Jack Lemmon
  • Next! An Actor's Guide to Auditioning - Ellie Kanner, Paul G. Bens
  • Playing to the Camera: Film Actors Discuss Their Craft - Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman, Leigh Woods
  • Respect for Acting - Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel
  • Sanford Meisner on Acting - Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack
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    My "You Can't Go Wrong With These" List

  • Acting in Commercials: A Guide to Auditioning and Performing on Camera - Joan See
  • Acting and Directing - Russell J. Grandstaff
  • Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making - Michael Caine, Maria Aitken
  • Acting in the Cinema - James Naremore
  • Acting Shakespeare - John Gielgud, John Miller
  • The Actor Speaks: Twenty-Four Actors Talk about Process and Technique - Janet Sonenberg
  • The Actor's Audition - David Black, Eli Wallach
  • The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors: Conversations with Over 100 Casting Directors on How to Get the Job - Karen Kondazian, Eddie Shapiro, Richard Dreyfuss
  • The Actor's Script: Script Analysis for Performers - Charles S. Waxberg
  • All About Method Acting - Ned Manderino
  • American Dialects : A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers - Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman
  • Audition - Michael Shurtleff, Bob Fosse
  • The Audition Book - Ed Hooks
  • The Back Stage Guide to Casting Directors - Hettie Lynne Hurtes
  • Building a Character - Constantin Stanislavski
  • The Camera Smart Actor - Richard Brestoff
  • The Conative Connection: Acting on Instinct - Kathy Kolbe
  • Creating a Character: A Physical Approach to Acting - Moni Yakim, Muriel Broadman, Stella Adler
  • Creating a Role - Constantine Stanislavsk
  • Fight Direction for Stage and Screen - William Hobbs, Laurence Oliver
  • Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers - Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman
  • Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work
    in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV
    - Judith Searle
  • How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals - Gordon Hunt
  • How to Get the Part...Without Falling Apart! - Margie Haber, Barbara Babchick
  • On Method Acting - Edward Dwight Easty
  • The Physical Comedy Handbook - Davis Rider Robinson
  • Professional Acting in Television Commercials: Techniques, Exercises, Copy, and Storyboards - Pat Dougan
  • Secrets of Screen Acting - Patrick Tucker
  • The Sanford Meisner Approach: An Actors Workbook - Larry Silverberg
  • Screen Acting - Alan Lovell, Peter Kramer
  • Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers - James Michael Thomas
  • Working Actors: The Craft of Television, Film, and Stage Performance - Richard A. Blum


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