Books On Acting: This was my first page of Movie Books on acting, auditioning and so on and so forth. As time has passed the amount of literature added to the site has grown. What you might want to do is check out the Main Movie Books Index page and try to nail down your search a little more clearly with our defined categories...although this page is worth a look too!

Parte The Firste - Acting/Auditioning In Film

For Americans Acting for the Camera : Revised Edition by Tony Barr Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part by Michael Shurtleff, Bob Fosse How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) by Gordon Hunt Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) by Michael Caine Acting A to Z: The Young Person's Guide to a Stage or Screen Career by Katherine Mayfield Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV by Judith Searle Smart Actors, Foolish Choices: A Self-Help Guide to Coping With the Emotional Stresses of the Business by Katherine Mayfield How To Be A Working Actor The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television by Mari Lyn Henry, Lynne Rogers Act Natural: How to Present Your Best Self in Public Life - by Ken Howard Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A. The Method to Create a Life - by Dawn Lerman The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors

For Canadians Acting for the Camera : Revised Edition by Tony Barr Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part by Michael Shurtleff, Bob Fosse How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition) by Gordon Hunt Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) by Michael Caine Acting A to Z: The Young Person's Guide to a Stage or Screen Career by Katherine Mayfield Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV by Judith Searle Smart Actors, Foolish Choices: A Self-Help Guide to Coping With the Emotional Stresses of the Business by Katherine Mayfield How To Be A Working Actor The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television by Mari Lyn Henry, Lynne Rogers Act Natural: How to Present Your Best Self in Public Life - by Ken Howard Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A. The Method to Create a Life - by Dawn Lerman The Actor's Encyclopedia of Casting Directors

Parte The Seconde - Schools and Training

For Americans Guide to Performing Arts Programs The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook An Actor's Guide to over 1000 Monologues and Scenesby Ed Hooks Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors by Michael Schulman (Editor), Eva Mekler (Editor) The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues by Nina Shengold (Editor) Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It by Basil Hoffman American Accent Training (American Accent Training, 2nd Ed) by Ann Cook Foreign Dialects A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers by Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman The Ultimate Audition Book 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under (Monologue Audition Series) Acting - The First Six Lessons by Richard Boleslavski Thirteen Monologues by Jean Cocteau, George Feydeau, Peter Meyer, Georges Feydeau Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women - 60 Dramatic Characterizations By Maya Levy More Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women by William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore (Editor) Monologues for Actors of Color by Roberta Uno (Editor)

For Canadians Guide to Performing Arts Programs The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook An Actor's Guide to over 1000 Monologues and Scenesby Ed Hooks Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors by Michael Schulman (Editor), Eva Mekler (Editor) The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues by Nina Shengold (Editor) Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It by Basil Hoffman American Accent Training (American Accent Training, 2nd Ed) by Ann Cook Foreign Dialects A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers by Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman The Ultimate Audition Book 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under (Monologue Audition Series) Acting - The First Six Lessons by Richard Boleslavski Thirteen Monologues by Jean Cocteau, George Feydeau, Peter Meyer, Georges Feydeau Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women - 60 Dramatic Characterizations By Maya Levy More Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women by William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore (Editor) Monologues for Actors of Color by Roberta Uno (Editor)

Parte The Thirde - Other Useful Books That Didn't Fit Within My First 2 Lists!

For Americans Creating Character Voices for Fun & Profit by Patrick Fraley Respect For Acting by Uta Hagen (Author), Haskel Frankel (Author) A Model's Primer by MJ Wilson, Apryl Edwards

For Canadians Creating Character Voices for Fun & Profit by Patrick Fraley Respect For Acting by Uta Hagen (Author), Haskel Frankel (Author) A Model's Primer by MJ Wilson, Apryl Edwards