Acting Class

Table of Contents

Dare to Be an Artist

Study: Why and How

My Goals as a Teacher

Class Exercises

Getting Personal

Observation of Life

The Study of the Arts

Exposing the Secret

Comedy Is Serious Business

A Work in Progress

Why Isn’t an Actor All He Can Be?

The Director Is Not God

Arbitrary Choices

Attitude Opens the Door

Stanislavski on Ethics

Personal Confidence

I Wanna Do It Myself

The Arrogance of a Loser

The Farewell Scene

No Buzz, No Chatter, No Jibber-Jabber

A One-Teacher Concept

The Winner Gets His Critique

Administration

What Is Administration?

Artistic Killer

I’m Looking to See if I’m Talking to a Human Being—Not an Actor

Drugs and Alcohol

Commissary Talk

The Warrior (Guererro)

An Admin Critique

Wake Me, I’m Dreaming

Acknowledgments