Print version: Rotenberg, David Act Toronto : ECW Press,c2021 ISBN 9781770414686
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Use of Pronouns in this Text -- A Word or Two of Introduction -- A Quick Word About Technique -- A Quick Word About the Biz -- Chapter 1: Getting Present -- Chapter 2: The Principles -- Chapter 3: Principle #1 - Actors Must Be Able to Direct Themselves -- Chapter 4: States of Being -- Chapter 5: The Playing of Actions -- Chapter 6: Images -- Chapter 7: Tool #1 - Keying -- Chapter 8: Principle #2 - Be Compelling, Not Necessarily Right -- Chapter 9: Tool #2 - Drone Noting -- Chapter 10: Some Notes on Character -- Chapter 11: Principle #3 -Modern Acting Is About Selecting Not Pretending -- Chapter 12: A Tangent - The Voice in Your Head -- Chapter 13: Principle #4 -No Neutral Mask -- Chapter 14: The Elephant in the Room -- Chapter 15: Principle #5 -Icon and Action Not the Word -- Chapter 16: Principle #6 -Naturalism Not Realism -- Chapter 17: Auditions -- Chapter 18: When the Moon’s Too Thin for Stories -- Appendix: Exercises -- An Afterword -- Back Cover.
On e of the world’s foremost acting teachers -- who taught such actors as Rachel McAdams, Tatiana Maslany, Scott Speedman, and Sarah Gadon to name but a few -- shares 30-plus years of insight into the art of acting..