How to Stop Acting by Guskin, Harold

How to Stop Acting

The Great Guskin (John Lahr, The New Yorker) shares the approach he uses to help actors land...
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Author: Harold Guskin
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How to Stop Acting by Guskin, Harold

How to Stop Acting

$202.29

How to Stop Acting

$202.29
Author: Harold Guskin
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The Great Guskin (John Lahr, The New Yorker) shares the approach he uses to help actors land roles, develop them, and keep them alive

Harold Guskin is an acting doctor whose clients include Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, James Gandolfini, Bridget Fonda, and dozens more. In How to Stop Acting, Guskin reveals the insights and techniques that have worked wonders for beginners as well as stars. Instead of yet another method, Guskin offers a strategy based on a radically simple and refreshing idea: that the actor's work is not to create a character but rather to be continually, personally responsive to the text, wherever his impulse takes him, from first read-through to final performance. From this credo derives an entirely new perspective on auditioning and the challenge of developing a role and keeping it fresh, even over hundreds of performances. Drawing on examples from his clients' work and his own, Guskin presents acting as a constantly evolving exploration rather than as a progression toward a fixed goal. He also offers sound and original advice on adapting to the particular demands of television and film, playing difficult emotional scenes, tackling the Shakespearean and other great roles, and more. His book will find an eager and appreciative audience among novices and established actors alike.

Author: Harold Guskin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 06/25/2003
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.48w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780571199990


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2003
Library Journal 07/01/2003

About the Author

Harold Guskin has worked with dozens of stage and screen actors and is himself an actor and director. He lives in New York City with his wife, the playwright and screenwriter Sandra Jennings.


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