How to Stop Acting: A Renown Acting Coach Shares His Revolutionary Approach to Landing Roles, Developing Them and Keeping them Alive

Harold Guskin has worked with dozens of stage and screen actors and is himself an actor and director. He lives in New York City with his wife, the playwright and screenwriter Sandra Jennings.

How NOT To Act While most acting books focus on a specific method and everything the actor "should" do, this does a bit of a flip and teaches a "non-method," while focusing on what the actor should NOT do; or rather, on breaking an actor's bad habits- which most tend to have.The writing is simple and straightforward, but the content is quite unique, yet the content isn't quite like what you'd expedt to find in a book on how to act- or how NOT to act, in this case. He also includes lessons that he has learned from the big-name actors he has taught over the years, to give the actor a broader scope from which to view . Very insightful and entertaining to read P. McCloud I purchased this book to help me in my voice acting. I'm not a trained actor, so i thought it would help me. The basic premise is simple: don't memorize a script, but keep the spontaneity juices going even through a performance. The author gives many anecdotes of his personal life as an actor, and of the students he coaches. I wish there was an a video or recording of an actual coaching session so that I could see the techniques in action.Because of my lack of training in the field, many of his techniques and experiences are over my head. Using this for voice over work is limited, in my view, because. Great Advice for actors both onstage and on camera!! This book has changed my acting radically. For the better!! Harold's ideas have opened me up and freed all the should'ves and ought-to-dos! Very hard to express

Rather, it's a new perspective on auditioning for theater. . He imparts much wisdom, yet counsels, "discover what makes you tick as an actor. It's an honest, non-gimmicky take on a perennial problem. "Acting doctor" Guskin, who's worked with Kline, Glenn Close, James Gandolfini, Steve Martin and others, explains his strategy, which, at its core, states that actors do not have a responsibility to create characters, but to be continually responsive to their lines, wherever their inclinations take them. From Publishers Weekly No, this isn't a guide to helping introverts learn how to loosen up and be thems

Drawing on examples from his clients' work and his own, Guskin presents acting as a constantly evolving exploration rather than as a progression toward a fixed goal. His book will find an eager and appreciative audience among novices and established actors alike.. In How to Stop Acting, Guskin reveals the insights and techniques that have worked wonders for beginners as well as stars. He also offers sound and original advice on adapting to the particular demands of television and film, playing difficult emotional scenes, tackling the Shakespearean and other great roles, and more. From this credo derives an entirely new perspective on auditioning and the challenge of developing a role and keeping it fresh, even over hundreds of performances. Instead of yet another "method," Guskin offers a strategy based on a radically simple and refreshing idea: