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The Modern Actor's Handbook Front Cover 1 Copyright 5 Table of Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 A Note on the Use of Pronouns in this Text 9 A Word or Two of Introduction 10 A Quick Word About Technique 14 A Quick Word About the Biz 17 Chapter 1: Getting Present 20 Chapter 2: The Principles 39 Chapter 3: Principle #1 — Actors Must Be Able to Direct Themselves 42 Chapter 4: States of Being 46 Chapter 5: The Playing of Actions 60 Chapter 6: Images 76 Chapter 7: Tool #1 — Keying 79 Chapter 8: Principle #2 — Be Compelling, Not Necessarily Right 89 Chapter 9: Tool #2 — Drone Noting 107 Chapter 10: Some Notes on Character 114 Chapter 11: Principle #3 —Modern Acting Is About Selecting Not Pretending 122 Chapter 12: A Tangent — The Voice in Your Head 127 Chapter 13: Principle #4 —No Neutral Mask 132 Chapter 14: The Elephant in the Room 142 Chapter 15: Principle #5 —Icon and Action Not the Word 148 Chapter 16: Principle #6 —Naturalism Not Realism 153 Chapter 17: Auditions 155 Chapter 18: When the Moon’s Too Thin for Stories 175 Appendix: Exercises 178 An Afterword 197 Back Cover 202 performing,arts;,screen,acting;,actors,handbook;,acting,textbooks;,Rachel,McAdams;,Tatiana,Maslany;,Scott,Speedma
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