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Foreword | |
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Audition Story | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Prologue | |
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Getting Out of Your Own Way | |
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You Are Your Own Worst Enemy | |
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Audition Story | |
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Your Friend, The Casting Director | |
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The Success/Failure Syndrome | |
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It's a Numbers Game | |
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It's Out of Your Control | |
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Commitment, Commitment, Commitment | |
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How You Present Yourself | |
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Audition Story | |
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First Impressions | |
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Should You Enter as the Character or as Yourself? | |
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Audition Story | |
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Photographs (Head Shots) | |
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Resumes | |
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Resume Layout | |
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The Big Taboo--Don't Touch The Casting Director! | |
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It's Never How You Expect It To Be | |
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Use What You're Not Given | |
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Stop Apologizing for Yourself | |
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Coming From the Character's Point of View (POV) | |
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The Actor's Barometer | |
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The Interview | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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The Interview | |
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Taking in the Room | |
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What They Really Want To Know | |
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Audition Story | |
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Guide to a Healthy Instrument | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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A Healthy Instrument | |
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That Old Backpack | |
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The Five Ego States | |
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Turn Up the Volume! | |
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Breaking Down the Scene | |
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Relationship | |
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Audition Story | |
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Types of Relationships | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Relationship QandA | |
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Changing Relationships | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Relationship Contract--Hannah and Her Sisters | |
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Scene Excerpt--Hannah and Her Sisters | |
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Applying the Relationship Contract | |
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Siblings: Where is Your Character in the Food Chain? | |
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Love Relationships | |
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Stages of a Love Relationship | |
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Intention | |
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Audition Story | |
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Second Read-Through | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Action Verbs | |
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Opposing Adjectives | |
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Physical Behavior | |
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Obstacles | |
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Types of Obstacles | |
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Scene Excerpt--Julia | |
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Adjustments | |
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Scene Excerpt--The Silence of the Lambs | |
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Key Phrase | |
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History | |
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Audition Story | |
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Creating the Past | |
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Scene Excerpt--The Goodbye Girl | |
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Different Histories | |
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Scene Excerpt--In the Line of Fire | |
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Personalization | |
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Audition Story | |
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Personalizing Thoughts and Feelings | |
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Senses and Imagery | |
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Blood and Guts | |
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Stanislavski's Magical "As If" | |
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Substitution | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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V.I.P.S. | |
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Audition Story | |
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Scene Excerpt--Beaches | |
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Scene Excerpt--Beaches | |
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Opening Beat | |
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Audition Story | |
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The Five "W's" | |
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Where Am I? | |
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When Does the Opening Beat Take Place? | |
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Scene Excerpt--Kramer vs. Kramer | |
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Who Else Is in the Environment? | |
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What Am I Feeling? | |
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What Is My Physical Action? | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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"Help, I'm Next!" | |
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Units and Transitions | |
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Audition Story | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Scene Excerpt--The Prisoner of Second Avenue | |
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Baby Beats | |
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Adjustments | |
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Scene Excerpt--The Goodbye Girl | |
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Closing Beats | |
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Core and Masking | |
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Audition Story | |
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Layers of Core and Masking | |
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Period Pieces | |
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Masking With Anger | |
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Masking With Indifference | |
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Masking With Humor | |
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The Vulnerable Moment | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Scene Excerpt--Ordinary People | |
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Sense of Humor | |
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Audition Story | |
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Personality | |
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Breaking the Stereotypes | |
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Humor vs. Lightness | |
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Action/Adventure Films | |
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Buddy Films | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thelma and Louise | |
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Likability | |
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Daytime Dramas (Soaps) | |
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Moment to Moment | |
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Audition Story | |
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Tennis, Anyone? | |
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The Coverup | |
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Mistakes Are Your Friends | |
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Crazy Things That Throw You | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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The Callback Syndrome | |
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Making Adjustments | |
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Sample Scene Breakdown | |
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Audition Story | |
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Meeting Gene Hackman | |
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Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father | |
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First Read | |
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Second Read | |
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Third Read | |
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Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father | |
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The Haber Phrase Technique | |
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Reading in Phrases | |
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Audition Story | |
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The Trap of Memorizing | |
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Developing the Phrase Technique | |
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The Haber Phrase Technique | |
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Putting the Technique into Practice-- L.A. Law Closing Argument | |
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Scene Excerpt--L.A. Law | |
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Put your Thumb into Action | |
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"That Darn Paper" | |
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Commonly Asked Questions Regarding the Technique | |
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Using the Haber Phrase Technique in a Scene | |
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Audition Story | |
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Audition Story | |
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There's No Such Thing as a Monologue | |
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Working with a Partner | |
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Landings | |
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Resolutions | |
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Comedy Resolutions | |
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Scene Excerpt--Thieves | |
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When Do You Get Your Next Line? | |
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Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father | |
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When to Turn the Page | |
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Repetitive Phrases | |
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Eye-Staring Contest | |
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Throw It Away! | |
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Joining Sentences | |
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Putting It Together--I Never Sang for My Father | |
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Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father | |
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Don't Lose Your Life! | |
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Silence is Golden | |
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The State of Confusion | |
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Words from the Pros | |
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Meet the Pros Seminar | |
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Audition Story | |
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Do's and Don'ts | |
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Audition Story | |
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Pictures and Resumes | |
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Agents and Managers | |
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Getting in the Door | |
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Preparation | |
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The Audition | |
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Callbacks | |
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Screen Tests | |
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Feedback | |
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Afterword: An Interview with ED Asner | |
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Epilogue | |
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About the Authors | |