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"Uta Hagen wanted us never to settle, period, to keep on endlessly exploring, digging deeper, and aiming higher in our scenes, in our plays, in our careers. Respect for Acting is not a long book, and with any luck, it will take you the rest of your life to read it." —David Hyde Pierce (from the Foreword) Legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen knew that an actor's finest work was often achieved for love rather than for money. She lived this philosophy alongside her husband, Herbert Berghof, at HB Studio, their acting school in New York. It was there that they created a workplace and spiritual home for actors such as Robert DeNiro, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, and Bette Midler.Respect for Acting is Hagen's blueprint for the actor, her design for "enlightened stage acting." This classic book has helped generations of actors hone their craft, and its advice is as useful now as it was when it was first published. Hagen draws on her own struggle with the techniques of acting as well as her decades of teaching experience to break down the areas in which actors can work and search for realities in themselves that serve the character and the play. This approach helps actors to be specific in their actions in order to communicate an artistic statement. Hagen's instructions and examples also guide the aspiring actor through practical problems such as "How do I talk to the audience?" and "How do I stay fresh in a long run?"Part One, "The Actor," deals with the actor's concept of him or herself, as well as techniques that set an actor in motion physically, verbally, and emotionally.Part Two, "The Object Exercises," offers specific and detailed work for the actor, covering a broad range of problems and circumstances, from making an entrance to using the Fourth Wall.Part Three, "The Play and the Role," covers how to approach the play and identify with the character the actor will undertake. It also shares practical thoughts and answers the questions young actors ask most.Uta Hagen's influence endures in many of today's most compelling stage and screen performances. Informative and inspiring, Respect for Acting will bring her timeless techniques to actors and audiences for years to come.Respect for Acting "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end." —Publishers Weekly"Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation." —Library Journal"Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . . . is a relatively small book. But within it, Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft." —Los Angeles Times"There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen." —Fritz Weaver"This is a textbook for aspiring actors, but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor." —King Features Syndicate

Respect for Acting

"This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end."
--Publishers Weekly

"Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation."
--Library Journal

"Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . . . is a relatively small book. But within it, Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft."
--Los Angeles Times

"There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen."
--Fritz Weaver

"This is a textbook for aspiring actors, but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor."
--King Features Syndicate

GOOD BOOK What can I say, she knows her stuff. Her devotion to the craft over the years has led to certain findings about the craft that one could only hope to learn after a lifetime of professional acting. In reading this book you must make an effort to be conscious of your daily behavior in order to relate to anything in the acting world correctly.I've a few other acting books (Acting for Film and Television [Benedetti], Acting in Film [Michael Caine], even Ivana Chubbuck and David Mamet). Uta Hagen ranks in there with all of them for understanding acting.Recommend for an actor with some knowledge of acting, or for the lay man looking to learn more about, and develop respect for acting (pun intended...)Her Passionate Writing Will Teach You a Lot The undiluted raw opinions of this great teacher have immense value for an actor. Never settling for the cheap, for the cliche and respecting the craft are what she wanted for actors. The successor "A Challenge for the Actor" is a must read too, where she goes into much detail in explaining her techniques.My acting Bible I have been acting for more than 7 years now. One of my degrees is in Theatre (Acting concentration) and I've performed dozens of play and films. This book wasn't a part of my curriculum but was suggested reading by a director of mine. I have never read an acting book with such depth and insight told in such a straightforward and brilliant manner. Uta Hagen has written what I constantly refer to as my "Acting Bible". Whenever I find myself in an acting rut, I pull out this book and read a few passages. I read that Mrs. Hagen had conflicting thoughts about the book later in her career and actually denounced it and released another book. I have not read that book, but I don't feel as though I have to.As an actor, you can read hundreds of books about technique and exercises, but acting is an art of individuality. This book is not necessarily technique-oriented in the traditional sense, but rather provides a framework upon which an actor can build and refer to in their "bag of tricks".I highly recommend this to any student of the art of acting.

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