The actor speaks
Subtitle: twenty-four actors talk about process and technique
By: Janet Sonenberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Trade Paperbacks
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Acting -- Psychological aspects.; Acting.; Actors -- United States -- Interviews.
Description: The Actor Speaks investigates the unique interplay of talent, inspiration, and technique that comprises an actor's method of working. Through twenty-four in-depth interviews with acclaimed actors from the avant-garde, Broadway, and Hollywood, director-teacher Jane Sonenberg explores each artist's creative process.

Ruth Maleczech, John Turturro, Zoe Caldwell, Dianne Wiest, Blue Man Group, Alan Arkin, Olympia Dukakis, Lily Tomlin, Mercedes Ruehl, and others share candid anecdotes from their lives and careers, giving insight into the way an acting process is formed and how the performance reflects that process.