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Introduction 1. How Do You Present Yourself? 1 Workshop Actors' Interviews 2 Your Goal 18 Victim 21 Inauthenticity 26 Isolation 30 General Interview Exercise #1 33 2. Losing the Victim 34 Who's Interviewing Whom? Part One 35 Who's Interviewing Whom? Part Two 38 Tell a Truth 42 General Interview Exercise #2 42 Workshop Actors' Interviews 44 The Truth-Versus-Compliments or Questions Exercise 63 3. Building an Experience 66 Avoid "I" Exercise 66 Yes! And . . . 70 Basic Reflection 72 Reflection Listening 74 General Interview Exercise #3 80 Workshop Actors' Interviews 82 Career Applications 95 4. Heightening the Experience 99 Rules and Tools 99 40-Breath Process 101 Extend, Intensify, and Enlarge 103 General Interview Exercise #4 106 Workshop Actors' Interviews 107 A Successful Experience 128 5. Tracking and Changing Behavior 134 Tracking Behavior 134 Keeping Your Score 136 Attitudes 142 Attitude Lines 146 Attitude Line; "I Am" 157 General Interview Exercise #5 159 Workshop Actors' Interviews 160 Fine-Tuning 175 6. Creating Your Program 182 Gaining Finesse with Score 182 Your Journal and Your Program 194 7. Boundaries 198 Extension Bumps 199 Boundary Walls 202 8. The Witness 205 Introductory Witness Walk 205 The Schmoozing Witness 212 General Interview Exercise #6 217 Workshop Actors' Interviews 218 The Waiting Room Witness 238 The "I Am" Witness 241 9. It's Your Career 242 Three-Phone-Calls-a-Day Exercise 242 Photo Sessions 244 The Professional Actor Is a Business Person 245 The Casting Director/Agent As a Victim or Intimidator 247 Finesse for Success! 249 Conclusion 261 Notes 262 Acknowledgements 265
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Acting -- Vocational guidance.
Acting -- Auditions.