How to stop acting
The author offers an acting strategy based on a simple 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 a new perspective on auditioning and the challenge of developing a role and keeping it fresh. He presents acting as a constantly evolving exploration rather than as a progression toward a fixed goal. He also offers advice on adapting to the particular demands of television and film, playing difficult emotional scenes, tackling the Shakespearean and more
Print Book, English, 2003
Faber and Faber, New York, 2003