Best Beginning Actor Books?

Recommended Reading (Check libraries, Samuel French, Local Bookstores):

Acting business:

-Acting is Everything: Gold Edition-Judy Kerr

-How to Be a Working Actor-Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers

-How to Get Arrested-J. Wallach Michael and Paul Thurwachter

-An Agent Tells All-Tony Martinez

-One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival Guide-Markus Flanagan

-So You Want to Be in Showbusiness?- Steve R. Stevens

-Acting Truths and Lies (purchased at www.info4actors.com)

Acting:

-Book the Job-Doug Warhit

-Intent to Live-Larry Moss

-Acting for the Camera-Tony Barr

-Acting in Film-Michael Caine

-Acting Class: Take a Seat-Milton Katselas

Method Acting:

-Art of Acting-Stella Adler

-Sanford Meisner on Acting-Sanford Meisner

-A Dream of Passion-Lee Strasberg

-Actor's Art and Craft-William Esper

-The Power of the Actor-Ivanna Chubbuck

-No Acting Please-Eric Morris

-Respect for Acting-Uta Hagen

-Challenge to the Actor-Uta Hagen

-You Can Act!-D.W. Brown

-Strasberg’s Method-Lorrie Hull

Comedy

-8 Characters of Comedy-Scott Sedita

-The Sitcom Career Book-Mary Lou Belli

Improv

-Anything by Viola Spolin

-Steve Book on Acting: Improv

Auditioning/Cold Reading:

-How to Get the Part Without Falling Apart-Margie Haber

-Audition-Michael Shurtleff

-Secrets to Successful Cold Readings-Glenn Alterman

Breaking Into Acting For Dummies

Start at the beginning; Stanislavski. "An Actor Prepares", "Creating a Role" and "Building a Character". They may not be the easiest or the most contemporary books on acting, but they are the foundation for everything that has come afterwards. It will give you a context to judge all the other books that you're going to want to read..

Breaking Into Acting for Dummies - it has taught me so much about acting!!