"I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting they seem to be actually living."
-Larry Moss from the Introduction When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards each credited Larry Moss's guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone-professionals and amateurs alike-can discover Moss's passionate in-depth teaching. Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions imagination and behavior on fire showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous fresh and authentic. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work here are the case studies exercises and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script develop your character from the inside out overcome fear and inhibition and master the technical skills required for success in the theater television and movies. Far more than a handbook The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss's respect for actors and love of the actor's craft enliven every page together with examples from a wealth of plays and films both current and classic and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness The Intent to Live will move instruct and inspire you.
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"-Larry Moss from the Introduction When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards each credited Larry Moss's guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone-professionals and amateurs alike-can discover Moss's passionate in-depth teaching. Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions imagination and behavior on fire showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous fresh and authentic. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work here are the case studies exercises and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script develop your character from the inside out overcome fear and inhibition and master the technical skills required for success in the theater television and movies. Far more than a handbook The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss's respect for actors and love of the actor's craft enliven every page together with examples from a wealth of plays and films both current and classic and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness The Intent to Live will move instruct and inspire you.
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Product details
- Paperback | 358 pages
- 156 x 234 x 19mm | 372g
- 27 Dec 2005
- Random House USA Inc
- Random House Inc
- New York United States
- English
- Reprint
- 0553381202
- 9780553381207
- 14430