The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
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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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Additional information
| Publisher | Random House Inc, Reprint edition (27 Dec. 2005) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 358 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780553381207 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0553381207 |
| Dimensions | 15.65 x 1.93 x 23.47 cm |
by Amazon Customer
Really enjoyed this book, you can see why so many top actor go to Larry for coaching. He breaks the process down and makes it all seem so simple.
by Lily
Best acting book ever. Really insightful and detailed suggestions to improve acting. I’d love to attend one of Larry Moss workshops if I lived in the US.
by Mallard
I learned a lot from this book! Id definitely recommend it to new actors.
by Littlehannah
I haven’t finished reading the book yet, but I’m really enjoying it and it’s keeping me thinking during my periods in between jobs. It’s perfect for any training actors and actors who want to brush up on their craft, however experienced or inexperienced you are.
by Boris
Only received this book today and I cannot put it down! Definitely recommend it as a tool book for any aspiring actors.
by Amazon Customer
I’ve already read some of a library copy of this great book, that’s why I wanted my own copy. It is in hardcover, which any bookish person knows is grand. The only ‘thing’ is that the fancy cover with Mr Moss’ picture is absent, a superficial thing, but one I found mattered a little to me. The company is great and got the book to me in plenty of time. Thank you.
God bless and take care
Gx
by Catherine McAndrew
After reading the usual guff that passes for an acting book, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I felt that Peter Brook, Bill Esper, Stella Adler & Stanislavsky were all too busy being pretentious and trying to prove how intelligent they are/were that they made their books self indulgent, unstructured and inaccessible. This book is like a textbook- full of useful examples and tips. Save your money on the others and just get this one.
by LuuLuu
LARRY MOSS IS A LEGEND!! One I hope to meet one day! I’ve watched his interview over and over and over and this book is GOLD! He knows SO much about the business and is SO incredibly potently passionate. He trained with the best! I’ve no doubt if I am to sit in a class / coaching session, I would be transformed in the first 5 mins. Looked him up right after the interview – and so glad I could find this GEM!