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Index
Title Page
Epigraph
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
1 - TAKING IT OFF THE PAGE
Suggestions for Practice
2 - EXPLORING THE ROLE TO UNCOVER THE CHARACTER
Work from the Negative
Use the Double Negative
Make Strong Choices
Take the Script at Its Word
Break the Rhythm
Let the Script Guide the Research
Suggestions for Practice
3 - I WANT THIS PART. HOW CAN I GET IT?
Ignore the Casting Description
Don’t Memorize
Prepare for Auditions by Taking the Other Characters’ Lines Off the Page
Dress to Feel the Part, Not to Look the Part
Don’t Work Yourself into an Emotional State
Come with Your Own Agenda
Give Them Many Choices
Do Only One Thing at a Time
Work with What the Reader Gives You
Attack Your Fear
Take Control of the Audition
Suggestions for Practice
4 - ON STAGE IN REHEARSAL AND IN PERFORMANCE
IN REHEARSAL
IN PERFORMANCE
5 - ACTING IN FILM AND TELEVISION
PREPARING THE ROLE BEFORE FILMING BEGINS
ON SET
ACTING IN EPISODIC TELEVISION
GETTING TO BIG EMOTIONAL MOMENTS
6 - PLAYING THE GREAT ROLES
BUILDING EMOTIONAL RANGE
DEALING WITH SHAKESPEARE’S LANGUAGE
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Copyright Page
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